CVE-2025-53501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension allows : Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by Authorization.This issue affects Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.12, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto/+/1164541
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397524

History

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension allows : Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by Authorization.This issue affects Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.12, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Title		Content Access Bypass in Scribunto
Weaknesses		CWE-284
References		https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto/+/1164541 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397524

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2025-07-03T16:15:52.588Z

Updated: 2025-07-10T23:37:33.152Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T15:36:41.721Z

Link: CVE-2025-53501

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-03T17:51:33.503Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-03T17:15:40.127

Modified: 2025-07-08T16:19:11.700

Link: CVE-2025-53501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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