Wikimedia RefreshSpecial Extension up to 1.39.10/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Wikimedia RefreshSpecial Extension up to 1.39.10/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-23072. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wikimedia RefreshSpecial Extension up to 1.39.10/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was shared by Blankeclair. The advisory is available at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-23072 since 01/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.39.11, 1.41.3 or 1.42.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

Name

• RefreshSpecial Extension

Version

• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.39.5
• 1.39.6
• 1.39.7
• 1.39.8
• 1.39.9
• 1.39.10
• 1.41.0
• 1.41.1
• 1.41.2
• 1.42.0
• 1.42.1

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