CVE-2025-32074 XSSes in Extension:ConfirmAccount
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in MediaWiki Confirm Account extension allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-32074?
CVE-2025-32074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Confirm Account Extension, published on 11 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Confirm Account Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - Confirm Account Extension: from 1.39 through 1.43.
Weakness: CWE-116
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32074?
How do I fix CVE-2025-32074?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-32074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-32074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prqg-f9gx-75qh.