CVE-2025-6596 — Cross-site Scripting in Foundation Vector

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
0.0N/ANVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Wikimedia Foundation VectorMediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedFeb 2
Latest updateFeb 3

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Vector. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/skins.Vector.Js/portlets.Js, resources/skins.Vector.Legacy.Js/portlets.Js. This issue affects Vector: from >= 1.40.0 before 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5wikimedia_foundation/vector>= 1.40.0 — 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0
▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1 (forky)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-r8cg-vqg3-34j4: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Vector↗2026-02-03
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OSV
CVE-2025-6596: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Vector↗2026-02-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2025-6596: mediawiki - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site ...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-6596 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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