CVE-2025-61643 EventStreams publishes suppressed recent change entries that are suppressed from their creation
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61643, GHSA-pw42-76j9-fcp3, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61643.