CVE-2025-62661 (GCVE-0-2025-62661)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 19:33 – Updated: 2025-10-21 19:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Do permission checking when getting counts of global and local edits, new articles and thanks
Summary
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension: from 1.43 before 1.44.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-21 19:49 UTC
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wikimedia Foundation | Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension |
Affected:
1.43 , < 1.44
(semver)
|
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