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CVE-2025-53479MEDIUMCVSS 5.4

CVE-2025-53479

Published Jul 8, 2025·Updated Jun 17, 2026

NVD Description

The CheckUser extension’s Special:CheckUser interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS via the rev-deleted-user message. This message is rendered without proper escaping, making it possible to inject JavaScript through the uselang=x-xss language override mechanism. This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

CVSS Vector

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

References

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