Wikimedia Thanks up to 1.43.3/1.44.0 ThanksQueryHelper.Php path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wikimedia Thanks up to 1.43.3/1.44.0. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file includes/ThanksQueryHelper.Php. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-61654. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wikimedia Thanks up to 1.43.3/1.44.0. This affects an unknown code block of the file includes/ThanksQueryHelper.Php. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Thanks. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ThanksQueryHelper.Php. This issue affects Thanks: from * before 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-61654 since 09/29/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:includes/ThanksQueryHelper.Php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.43.4 or 1.44.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-206650). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

Name

• Thanks

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
• 1.43.0
• 1.43.1
• 1.43.2
• 1.43.3
• 1.44.0

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