CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-62701

MediumCVSS 6.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Wikistories extension in MediaWiki contains a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper input neutralization during web page generation. The issue affects versions from master before 1.44.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers, potentially leading to session theft, account takeover, or malware propagation.

Recommendation

Update the Wikistories extension to version 1.44 or later, which includes a fix for the XSS vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Wikistories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Wikistories: from master before 1.44.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS