Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2025-62661
Do permission checking when getting counts of global and local edits, new articles and thanks
6.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension: from 1.43 before 1.44.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MT
Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension · The Wikimedia Foundation
1.43 before 1.44 · source: vendor
Affected product
MT
Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension
The Wikimedia Foundation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62661
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ia584966bb7d4d707eef50529293aa3d468470f18
gerrit.wikimedia.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Idbc1b5a288ffaa7074eedcbac066358a8ec649dc
phabricator.wikimedia.org
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397497