XSS in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - Titleicon Extension

CVE-2025-7363

The TitleIcon extension for MediaWiki is vulnerable to stored XSS through the #titleicon_unicode parser function. User input passed to this function is wrapped in an HtmlArmor object without sanitization and rendered directly into the page header, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript. This issue affects Mediawiki - TitleIcon 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.4% 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-2025-7363: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-7363?
CVE-2025-7363 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - Titleicon Extension, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-7363?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.