What is CVE-2025-6597?

CVE-2025-6597 is a vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2026-02-02.

Is CVE-2025-6597 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki

CVE-2025-6597

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/auth/AuthManager.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6597?: CVE-2025-6597 is a vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2026-02-02.
Is CVE-2025-6597 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.