Medium severity · published Jan 14, 2025
CVE-2025-23081
Various security vulnerabilities in Extension:DataTransfer
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension allows Cross Site Request Forgery, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MD
Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension · Wikimedia Foundation
1.39.x before 1.39.11; 1.41.x before 1.41.3; 1.42.x before 1.42.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
MD
Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension
Wikimedia Foundation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23081
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23081
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/DataTransfer/+/1080451
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/DataTransfer/+/1093931
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I5e1538a3bf66378810f905834c05626e1d2c82f0
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I773c616db781d2f3f30893ad01ef503bf251a2b3
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I7c9de4c8dcdb3276ba923c6bc7c8eef3531324c7
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9223c31f02f31f1e06e1a8cddf7d539cc8d3a3d9
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