CVE-2025-53479 – Mediawiki CheckUser Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-53479 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc

    Jul. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The CheckUser extension’s Special:CheckUser interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS via the rev-deleted-user message. This message is rendered without proper escaping, making it possible to inject JavaScript through the uselang=x-xss language override mechanism.

    This issue affects Mediawiki – CheckUser 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.

    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I159e14543912cb3bc7f4a00c3090c0285b154786
    Added Reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394693
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