Medium severity · published Jul 7, 2025
CVE-2025-53498
Lack of Audit Logging in AbuseFilter
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient Logging vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - AbuseFilter Extension allows Data Leakage Attacks.This issue affects Mediawiki - AbuseFilter Extension: from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mediawiki - AbuseFilter Extension · Wikimedia Foundation
1.43.x before 1.43.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
MA
Mediawiki - AbuseFilter Extension
Wikimedia Foundation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53498
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53498
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter/+/1166844
phabricator.wikimedia.org
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397221
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