PageTriage Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PageTriage Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-62702. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PageTriage Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - PageTriage Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - PageTriage Extension: from master before 1.44.

The weakness was disclosed by SomeRandomDeveloper. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-62702 since 10/20/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271643 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62702), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271643), EUVD (EUVD-2025-35129) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2381). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Open Source MediaWiki

Productinfo

Name

• PageTriage 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

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 271643
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62702

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: PageTriage Extension 1.44

Timelineinfo

10/20/2025 CVE reserved
10/21/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
10/21/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/28/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Researcher: SomeRandomDeveloper
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-62702 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-62702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329117
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2381 - MediaWiki: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2025 08:22
Updated: 10/28/2025 08:35
Changes: 10/21/2025 08:22 (67), 10/21/2025 09:39 (1), 10/22/2025 14:39 (7), 10/28/2025 08:35 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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