6.1

CVE-2025-23079: wikimedia foundation mediawiki - articlefeedbackv5 extension Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 10-01-2025Last modified 13-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23079 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wikimedia foundation mediawiki - articlefeedbackv5 extension. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - ArticleFeedbackv5 extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - ArticleFeedbackv5 extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wikimedia foundation1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links