Security advisory

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  "id": "ffe719bdca91fc2eaac0547e996ae723045d62195f3a995e6fd1a5b24badf80a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61642",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-61642",
    "summary": "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 includes/htmlform/CodexHTMLForm.Php, includes/htmlform/fields/HTMLButtonField.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-61642",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-61642",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-61642"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4db15f479679fa4102789af77077c357af462501"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "8216997ffcc956a610635f07044fb9a3b5dda9d9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c4b6b0912db6e5e4d3c0368226d4a164a1fc9fc3"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "858ee255edbe0da2ff8152df403cac2dba2c9948"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "858ee255edbe0da2ff8152df403cac2dba2c9948"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.39.14"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.43.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.43.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.44.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.44.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.44.0",
            "1.43.3",
            "1.43.2",
            "1.39.13",
            "1.43.1",
            "1.39.12",
            "1.43.0",
            "1.39.11",
            "1.39.10",
            "1.39.9",
            "1.39.8",
            "1.39.7",
            "1.39.7-alpha-T317451.2",
            "1.39.6",
            "1.39.5",
            "1.39.4",
            "1.39.3",
            "1.39.2",
            "1.39.1",
            "1.39.0",
            "1.39.0-rc.1",
            "1.39.0-rc.0",
            "test-hashar-for-ci",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.5.0beta4",
            "1.5.0beta3",
            "1.5.0beta2",
            "1.5.0beta1",
            "1.5.0alpha2",
            "1.5.0alpha1",
            "1.3.0beta1",
            "1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-61642.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.342150474Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402313"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-61642",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433243,
  "published_at": "2026-02-03T00:16:10.14+00:00"
}