CVE-2025-62699

Special:Translate tool does not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool

Published Oct 21, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Translate Extension allows Footprinting.
Translate extension appears to use jobs to make edits to translation pages. This causes the CheckUser tool to log the wrong IP and User-Agent making these edits un-auditable via the CheckUser tool.This issue affects Mediawiki - Translate Extension: from master before 1.39.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension allows Footprinting.This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension: from master before 1.39. Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Translate Extension allows Footprinting. Translate extension appears to use jobs to make edits to translation pages. This causes the CheckUser tool to log the wrong IP and User-Agent making these edits un-auditable via the CheckUser tool.This issue affects Mediawiki - Translate Extension: from master before 1.39.
Title Special:Translate tool do not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool Special:Translate tool does not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mediawiki
Mediawiki checkuser
Mediawiki mediawiki
Vendors & Products Mediawiki
Mediawiki checkuser
Mediawiki mediawiki
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Description Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension allows Footprinting.This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension: from master before 1.39.
Title Special:Translate tool do not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
wikimedia-foundation
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2025, 7:22 PM
Reserved
Oct 20, 2025, 5:42 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 21, 2025, 4:16 AM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 10:10 PM