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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-53484 EUVD-2025-20088GHSA-m9g7-gvwq-v3g8

SecurePoll: Multiple locations vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via unescaped input

Published Jul 4, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

Description

User-controlled inputs are improperly escaped in:

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VotePage.php (poll option input)

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ResultPage::getPagesTab() and getErrorsTab() (user-controllable page names)

This allows attackers to inject JavaScript and compromise user sessions under certain conditions.

This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension 1.39.x – < 1.39.13, 1.42.x – < 1.42.7, 1.43.x – < 1.43.2 1.39.13

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