Path Traversal in MediaWiki

CVE-2025-61641

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/api/ApiQueryAllPages.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-61641: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61641?
CVE-2025-61641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-61641?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.