Springboard Extension on Mediawiki command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Springboard Extension on Mediawiki. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-62696. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Springboard Extension on Mediawiki (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki Foundation - Springboard Extension allows Command Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki Foundation - Springboard Extension: master.

The weakness was shared by Yaron_Koren. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-62696 since 10/20/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

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 databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202510-2778), EUVD (EUVD-2025-35132) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2341). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Open Source MediaWiki

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/20/2025 CVE reserved
10/21/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
10/21/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/22/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Researcher: Yaron_Koren
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-62696 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-62696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329109
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2341 - MediaWiki Extensions: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Codeausführung
CNNVD: CNNVD-202510-2778 - MediaWiki - Springboard Extension 安全漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2025 08:19
Updated: 10/22/2025 20:37
Changes: 10/21/2025 08:19 (65), 10/21/2025 09:39 (1), 10/21/2025 13:21 (7), 10/22/2025 20:37 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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