CVE-2025-23073 | API list=globalblocks can reveal IP of autoblock if username and IP are included in the bgtargets parameter

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - GlobalBlocking Extension allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue briefly impacted the master branch of MediaWiki’s GlobalBlocking Extension.

Published: 2025-01-14 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc Source: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-23073 is rated Low Risk (28.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-23073

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-05 0.11% 0.20% +0.09%
2 2026-03-14 0.23% 0.11% -0.12%
3 2026-02-23 0.23%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-23073

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.1 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-23073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-23073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-23073

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