CVE-2025-67479

Magic word replacement in legacy parser allows using reserved data attributes through wikitext

Published Feb 3, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 0 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation Cite. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Parser/CoreParserFunctions.Php, includes/Parser/Sanitizer.Php.

This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1; Cite: 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-4428-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6085-1 mediawiki security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wikimedia
Wikimedia cite
Wikimedia mediawiki
Vendors & Products Wikimedia
Wikimedia cite
Wikimedia mediawiki
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 Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation Cite. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Parser/CoreParserFunctions.Php, includes/Parser/Sanitizer.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1; Cite: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Title Magic word replacement in legacy parser allows using reserved data attributes through wikitext
Weaknesses CWE-915
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 0.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

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

threat_severity

Low

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
wikimedia-foundation
Published
Updated
Mar 2, 2026, 5:42 PM
Reserved
Dec 8, 2025, 5:51 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 3, 2026, 2:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:57 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 3, 2026, 1:12 AM