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CVE-2025-53478

The CheckUser extension’s Special:Investigate interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS due to improper escaping of certain internationalized system messages re…

Impact

The CheckUser extension’s Special:Investigate interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS due to improper escaping of certain internationalized system messages rendered on the “IPs and User agents” tab. This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Affected products

ProductAffected versions
Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension: From 1.39.X
before 1.39.13
From 1.42.X
before 1.42.7
From 1.43.X
before 1.43.2.

Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.

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