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TI-2025-38872 Aliases CVE-2025-62671GHSA-gr6v-3pmp-996p

Stored XSS through wikitext in Cargo

Priority HIGH 70CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Cargo Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Cargo Extension: master.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0051 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mediawiki/cargo (Packagist): 3.8.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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 FoundationMediawiki - Cargo Extensionmaster—No fix listedCNA
—mediawiki/cargo (Packagist)before 3.8.33.8.3Patch availableGHSA-gr6v-3pmp-996p
  • Mediawiki - Cargo Extension VendorWikimedia Foundation Affected master Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 3.8.3 Fixed in 3.8.3 Patch available GHSA-gr6v-3pmp-996p

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:cargo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:cargo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·mediawiki

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-gr6v-3pmp-996p mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Fixed in 3.8.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62671
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gr6v-3pmp-996p

References

  • 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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