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TI-2025-38089 Aliases CVE-2025-61655GHSA-5gh3-pm42-f6qp

Stored XSS through system messages in VisualEditor

Priority LOW 2CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
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 VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed VisualEditor (Wikimedia Foundation): 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1

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 FoundationVisualEditorbefore 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.11.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1Patch availableCNA
  • VisualEditor 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

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*1.39.0 to before 1.39.14; 1.43.0 to before 1.43.4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:1.44.0:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*1.44.0Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* Versions 1.39.0 to before 1.39.14; 1.43.0 to before 1.43.4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:1.44.0:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* Versions 1.44.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA VisualEditor (Wikimedia Foundation) Fixed in 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61655
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gh3-pm42-f6qp

References

Other 1

  • TI-2025-11006 The compare API module breaks Extension:Lockdown CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-32110 Backticks can allow the usage of not-allowed SQL functions CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-65500 Unauthenticated SQL injection in UserPageViewTracker via filterusers and ignoreusers parameters CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-64588 DataTransfer depends on phpspreadsheet version vulnerable to CVE-2026-59933 (XLS/OLE memory exhaustion) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-42112 SQLi in Cargo extension via year range filter CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-42110 Stored XSS through Cargo's map format CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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