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CVE-2025-53479
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-07-08T18:15:40.387 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:38:17.057

Summary

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 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

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