Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.Action/mediawiki.Action.Edit.Preview.Js, resources/src/mediawiki.Page.Preview.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
History

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Wikimedia
Wikimedia mediawiki
Vendors & Products Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Wikimedia
Wikimedia mediawiki

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.Action/mediawiki.Action.Edit.Preview.Js, resources/src/mediawiki.Page.Preview.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Title Stored XSS through system messages in MW Core
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-03T21:10:49.797Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T13:18:37.248Z

Link: CVE-2025-61637

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-03T21:10:47.326Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T00:16:09.480

Modified: 2026-02-03T16:44:03.343

Link: CVE-2025-61637

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-02T23:54:04Z

Links: CVE-2025-61637 - Bugzilla