CVE-2025-23079 | XSSes in Extension:ArticleFeedbackv5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - ArticleFeedbackv5 extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - ArticleFeedbackv5 extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

Published: 2025-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc Source: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-23079 is rated Low Risk (38.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-23079

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 2026-02-18 0.08% 0.18% +0.10%
2 2025-11-21 0.19% 0.08% -0.11%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-23079

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-23079

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-23079

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-23079

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