CVE-2025-32697 Cascading protection is not preventing file reversions
Attackers can bypass cascading protection to revert files, allowing unauthorized modification of protected content in MediaWiki installations.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2025-32697?
CVE-2025-32697 is a missing authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, published on 10 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 Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php, includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php.
This issue affects MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32697?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including mediawiki.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
mediawiki Bitnami | All versions | 1.43.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-32697?
Upgrade mediawiki to 1.43.1 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-32697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BIT-mediawiki-2025-32697, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32697, GHSA-f626-w254-w424, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32697.