Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.Special.Apisandbox/ApiSandbox.Js.

This issue affects MediaWiki: from 1.27.0 before 1.39.13, 1.42.7 1.43.2, 1.44.0.
Published: 2026-02-02
Score: 0 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4249-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5957-1 mediawiki security update
History

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Wikimedia
Wikimedia mediawiki
Vendors & Products Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Wikimedia
Wikimedia mediawiki

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important


Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.Special.Apisandbox/ApiSandbox.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from 1.27.0 before 1.39.13, 1.42.7 1.43.2, 1.44.0.
Title XSS in Special:ApiSandbox
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki
Wikimedia Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-03T20:02:11.156Z

Reserved: 2025-06-24T22:28:07.832Z

Link: CVE-2025-6594

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-03T19:57:23.178Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-02-02T23:16:02.033

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-6594

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-02-02T23:00:57Z

Links: CVE-2025-6594 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-04T12:17:57Z

Weaknesses