CVE-2025-61655

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395858	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor::::::mediawiki::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor::::::mediawiki::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:1.44.0:::::mediawiki::

History

09 Apr 2026, 20:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.1
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395858 -~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395858 - Permissions Required
Summary		(es) Neutralización Incorrecta de la Entrada Durante la Generación de Páginas Web (XSS o 'cross-site scripting') vulnerabilidad en Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. Esta vulnerabilidad está asociada con los archivos de programa includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.PHP, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. Este problema afecta a VisualEditor: desde * antes de 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor::::::mediawiki::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:1.44.0:::::mediawiki::
First Time		Mediawiki Mediawiki visual Editor

03 Feb 2026, 02:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-03 02:16

Updated : 2026-04-09 20:32

NVD link : CVE-2025-61655

Mitre link : CVE-2025-61655

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-61655

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

visual_editor

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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