CVE-2025-53483 SecurePoll: Multiple admin actions vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
Attackers can force admins to perform sensitive actions like archiving or clearing voter eligibility via CSRF, requiring an upgrade to the SecurePoll extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53483?
CVE-2025-53483 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension, published on 4 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear() do not validate request methods or CSRF tokens, allowing attackers to trigger sensitive actions if an admin visits a malicious site.
This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53483?
How do I fix CVE-2025-53483?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53483 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53483 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53483 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ggcw-hfmh-53q3.