# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ggcw-hfmh-53q3

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53483 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53483/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53483/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53483
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53483
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53483

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53483/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.