CVE-2025-61656 — Cross-site Scripting in Foundation Visualeditor

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
0.0N/ANVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Wikimedia Foundation VisualeditorMediawikiMediawiki Visual Editor+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3

Description

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 src/ce/ve.Ce.ClipboardHandler.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5wikimedia_foundation/visualeditor* — 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1
▶NVDmediawiki/visual_editor1.39.0 — 1.39.14+2
▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.39.17-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u5+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-61656: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor↗2026-02-03
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GHSA
GHSA-5499-9jhv-ccm9: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor↗2026-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2025-61656: mediawiki - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site ...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-61656 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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