Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation CheckUser. This vulnerability is associated with program files modules/ext.CheckUser.TempAccounts/components/ShowIPButton.Vue, modules/ext.CheckUser.TempAccounts/SpecialBlock.Js.

This issue affects CheckUser: from * before 1.44.1.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wikimedia Foundation CheckUser unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected < 1.44.1

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402077 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation CheckUser. This vulnerability is associated with program files modules/ext.CheckUser.TempAccounts/components/ShowIPButton.Vue, modules/ext.CheckUser.TempAccounts/SpecialBlock.Js. This issue affects CheckUser: from * before 1.44.1.
Title Stored XSS through system messages in CheckUser
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-03T00:19:43.150Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T13:18:40.093Z

Link: CVE-2025-61648

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T01:15:58.680

Modified: 2026-02-03T16:44:03.343

Link: CVE-2025-61648

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Weaknesses