This issue affects Mediawiki - ApprovedRevs extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
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EUVD-2025-20236 | The ApprovedRevs extension for MediaWiki is vulnerable to stored XSS in multiple locations where system messages are inserted into raw HTML without proper escaping. Attackers can exploit this by injecting JavaScript payloads via the uselang=x-xss language override, which causes crafted message keys to be rendered unescaped. This issue affects Mediawiki - ApprovedRevs extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2. |
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| Description | The ApprovedRevs extension for MediaWiki is vulnerable to stored XSS in multiple locations where system messages are inserted into raw HTML without proper escaping. Attackers can exploit this by injecting JavaScript payloads via the uselang=x-xss language override, which causes crafted message keys to be rendered unescaped. This issue affects Mediawiki - ApprovedRevs extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2. | |
| Title | ApprovedRevs: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via unsanitized system messages | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-07T19:16:14.015Z
Reserved: 2025-06-30T15:20:44.462Z
Link: CVE-2025-53487
Updated: 2025-07-07T19:16:08.320Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-07T16:15:25.623
Modified: 2025-07-08T16:18:34.923
Link: CVE-2025-53487
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