Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.39.13/1.43.3/1.44.0 EnhancedChangesList.Php information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.39.13/1.43.3/1.44.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file includes/RecentChanges/EnhancedChangesList.Php. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-61646. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.39.13/1.43.3/1.44.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file includes/RecentChanges/EnhancedChangesList.Php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/RecentChanges/EnhancedChangesList.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-61646 since 09/29/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Upgrading to version 1.39.14, 1.43.4 or 1.44.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202602-527) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-206644). 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

• MediaWiki

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
• 1.39.0
• 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
• 1.39.13
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.43.0
• 1.43.1
• 1.43.2
• 1.43.3
• 1.44.0

License

• open-source

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