CVE-2025-61643 EventStreams publishes suppressed recent change entries that are suppressed from their creation

Low 2.7 Published Updated

MediaWiki leaks suppressed recent change entries via EventStreams, allowing attackers to view hidden data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-61643?

CVE-2025-61643 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 2 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/recentchanges/RecentChangeRCFeedNotifier.Php.

This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Weakness: CWE-212

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2025-61643?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-61643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61643, GHSA-pw42-76j9-fcp3, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61643.

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