CVE-2025-61655

Stored XSS through system messages in VisualEditor

Published Feb 3, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 0 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js.

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

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4355-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6085-1 mediawiki security update
References
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mediawiki
Mediawiki visual Editor
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:visual_editor:1.44.0:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
Vendors & Products Mediawiki
Mediawiki visual Editor
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wikimedia
Wikimedia visualeditor
Vendors & Products Wikimedia
Wikimedia visualeditor
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php, modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js, modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Title Stored XSS through system messages in VisualEditor
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
wikimedia-foundation
Published
Updated
Feb 3, 2026, 9:00 PM
Reserved
Sep 29, 2025, 1:18 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 3, 2026, 2:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:50 AM