Medium severity · published Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2025-61656
XSS when pasting into VE
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/ce/ve.Ce.ClipboardHandler.Js.
This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
VisualEditor · Wikimedia Foundation
before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1 · source: vendor
VE
Visual Editor · Mediawiki
1.39.0 before 1.39.14; 1.43.0 before 1.43.4; 1.44.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61656
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61656
Permissions Required
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397232
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