SecurePoll Extension up to 1.39.12/1.42.6/1.43.1 on Mediawiki ArchivePage.php executeClear cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in SecurePoll Extension up to 1.39.12/1.42.6/1.43.1 on Mediawiki. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects the function executeClear of the file ArchivePage.php. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-53483. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in SecurePoll Extension up to 1.39.12/1.42.6/1.43.1 on Mediawiki and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function executeClear of the file ArchivePage.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear() do not validate request methods or CSRF tokens, allowing attackers to trigger sensitive actions if an admin visits a malicious site. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

The advisory is available at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53483 since 06/30/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

By approaching the search of inurl:ArchivePage.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.39.13, 1.42.7 or 1.43.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20085). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Survey Software

Name

• SecurePoll 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
• 1.39.11
• 1.39.12
• 1.42.0
• 1.42.1
• 1.42.2
• 1.42.3
• 1.42.4
• 1.42.5
• 1.42.6
• 1.43.0
• 1.43.1

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