CVE-2025-23081: Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or ‘Cross-site Scripting’) vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension allows Cross Site Request Forgery, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.
References
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/DataTransfer/+/1080451
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/DataTransfer/+/1093931
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I5e1538a3bf66378810f905834c05626e1d2c82f0
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I773c616db781d2f3f30893ad01ef503bf251a2b3
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I7c9de4c8dcdb3276ba923c6bc7c8eef3531324c7
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9223c31f02f31f1e06e1a8cddf7d539cc8d3a3d9
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-c3h5-h73c-29hq
- github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DataTransfer
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23081
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379749
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