Wikimedia Wikibase Media Info Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wikimedia Wikibase Media Info Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-32069. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Wikimedia Wikibase Media Info Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Wikibase Media Info Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - Wikibase Media Info Extension: from 1.39 through 1.43.

The weakness was presented by matthiasmullie. It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-32069 since 04/03/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-10822). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

Name

• Wikibase Media Info Extension

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43

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