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TI-2025-38072 Aliases CVE-2025-61638GHSA-mq9h-r82m-hvhc

Sanitizer::validateAttributes data-XSS

Priority LOW 2CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation Parsoid. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/parser/Sanitizer.Php, src/Core/Sanitizer.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1; Parsoid: from * before 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00268 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation): 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1Parsoid (Wikimedia Foundation): 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Wikimedia FoundationMediaWikibefore 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.11.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1Patch availableCNA
Wikimedia FoundationParsoidbefore 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.10.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1Patch availableCNA
  • MediaWiki VendorWikimedia Foundation Affected before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1 Fixed in 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1 Patch available CNA
  • Parsoid VendorWikimedia Foundation Affected before 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1 Fixed in 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.39.14; 1.39.15 to before 1.43.4; 1.43.5 to before 1.44.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:wikimedia:parsoid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 0.16.6; after 0.16.6, before 0.20.4; after 0.20.4, before 0.21.1VulnerableWikimedia Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.39.14; 1.39.15 to before 1.43.4; 1.43.5 to before 1.44.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:wikimedia:parsoid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 0.16.6; after 0.16.6, before 0.20.4; after 0.20.4, before 0.21.1 Vulnerable ·Wikimedia Foundation

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation) Fixed in 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1
  • Fix · CNA Parsoid (Wikimedia Foundation) Fixed in 0.16.6, 0.20.4, 0.21.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1

    9 records Highest priority Priority LOW 9 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-38077 EventStreams publishes suppressed recent change entries that are suppressed from their creationPriority LOW 19
    • TI-2025-38075 API list=allpages with maxsize is making really slow queriesPriority LOW 9
    • TI-2025-38073 Suppressed blocked IP is visible in Special:BlockList, RC, and other placesPriority LOW 9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61638
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mq9h-r82m-hvhc

References

  • TI-2021-10863 An issue was discovered in Wikimedia Parsoid before 0.11.1 and 0.12.x before 0.12.2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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