Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki PollNY extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects MediaWiki PollNY extension: 1.39, 1.43, 1.44.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

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 0.00065.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions
The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki PollNY extension unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1.39 affected —
1.43 affected —
1.44 affected —

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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403923 cve-icon cve-icon
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Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki PollNY extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects MediaWiki PollNY extension: 1.39, 1.43, 1.44.
Title Stored XSS through system messages in PollNY
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-20T15:31:14.332Z

Reserved: 2025-10-17T22:01:52.600Z

Link: CVE-2025-62653

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Updated: 2025-10-20T15:31:10.322Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-17T23:15:35.240

Modified: 2025-10-21T19:31:50.020

Link: CVE-2025-62653

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Updated: 2025-10-20T13:21:48Z

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