TI-2025-41240 Aliases CVE-2025-67481 GHSA-6898-66v9-cm3x

mw.message(…).parse() doesn't output safe HTML, but it's being used as if it does

LOW 2CWE-79Published 2026-02-03 · Updated 2026-02-03

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 MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.JqueryMsg/mediawiki.JqueryMsg.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00253 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation): 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3 +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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Wikimedia Foundation	MediaWiki	before 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1	1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1	Patch available	CNA

MediaWiki VendorWikimedia Foundation Affected before 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1 Fixed in 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::	1.39.0 to before 1.39.16; 1.43.0 to before 1.43.6; 1.44.0 to before 1.44.3	Vulnerable	mediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.45.0:::::::*	1.45.0	Vulnerable	mediawiki

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.39.0 to before 1.39.16; 1.43.0 to before 1.43.6; 1.44.0 to before 1.44.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.45.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

Fix · CNA MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation) Fixed in 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1

Fixed in the same release

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

Release · 2026-02-03
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-41234 Stored XSS through edit summaries in MW CorePriority LOW 8
- TI-2025-41243 Action API xslt option allows JavaScript execution by administrators who are not interface administratorsPriority LOW 3
- TI-2025-41239 list=allrevisions can be used to bypass Extension:LockdownPriority LOW 2
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-67481
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6898-66v9-cm3x

References

Other 1

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251032

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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