The CheckUser extension’s Special:Investigate page has a vulnerability in the Account information tab, where specific internationalized messages are rendered without proper escaping. Attackers can exploit this by appending ?uselang=x-xss to the URL, causing reflected XSS when the UI renders affected message keys.
This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
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Configurations
No configuration.
History
08 Jul 2025, 21:15
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Information
Published : 2025-07-08 15:15
Updated : 2025-07-08 21:15
NVD link : CVE-2025-53480
Mitre link : CVE-2025-53480
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53480
JSON object : View
Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')