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Medium · 5.8 CVE-2025-62656 EUVD-2025-35105GHSA-m85w-39m7-cghw

GlobalBlocking Special:GlobalBlockList vulnerable to message key stored XSS

Published Oct 20, 2025 · Updated Oct 20, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki GlobalBlocking extension 1.43, 1.44 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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