What is CVE-2025-53493?

CVE-2025-53493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-53493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XSS in Mediawiki

CVE-2025-53493

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MintyDocs Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MintyDocs Extension: from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Mintydocs Extension — versions 1.43.x
Yaronkoren Mintydocs

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53493?: CVE-2025-53493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-53493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.