Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Wikimedia
  • Visualeditor

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References
Link Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest spirity
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395858 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wikimedia
Wikimedia visualeditor
Vendors & Products Wikimedia
Wikimedia visualeditor

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Title Stored XSS through system messages in VisualEditor
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: 2026-02-03T21:00:52.979Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T13:18:42.392Z

Link: CVE-2025-61655

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-03T21:00:50.312Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T02:16:07.887

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

Link: CVE-2025-61655

cve-icon Redhat

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