Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-53501

Title: Mediawiki Auth Bypass

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-53501.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date Jul 03, 2025

Modified Date Oct 01, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-53501: Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension allows : Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by Authorization.This issue affects Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.12, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Impacted Vendors

mediawiki 2

xtex 1

Reference Links

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto/+/1164541 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397524

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-53501 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

October 01, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 01, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

July 03, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.