miraheze ManageWiki on MediaWiki cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in miraheze ManageWiki on MediaWiki. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-43861. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in miraheze ManageWiki on MediaWiki (version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

ManageWiki is a MediaWiki extension allowing users to manage wikis. Prior to commit 2f177dc, ManageWiki is vulnerable to reflected or stored XSS in the review dialog. A logged-in attacker must change a form field to include a malicious payload. If that same user then opens the "Review Changes" dialog, the payload will be rendered and executed in the context of their own session. This issue has been patched in commit 2f177dc.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43861 since 04/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Applying the patch 2f177dc83b28b727613215b835d4036cb179e4ab is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: 2f177dc83b28b727613215b835d4036cb179e4ab

Timelineinfo

04/17/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-859x-46h8-vcrv
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306208

Entryinfo

Created: 04/25/2025 06:52
Changes: 04/25/2025 06:52 (66)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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