CVE-2025-61636 NONE

CVE-2025-61636: Codex Special:Block vulnerable to message key XSS

Vendor Wikimedia Foundation

Product MediaWiki

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published February 2, 2026

Last update February 3, 2026

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CVSS base score

0.0/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Clear

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/htmlform/fields/HTMLButtonField.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 2, 2026 CVE published

February 3, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61636 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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