CVE-2025-53483
Published: 04 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53483 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Wikimedia (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 25.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20085
Vulnerability details
ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear() do not validate request methods or CSRF tokens, allowing attackers to trigger sensitive actions if an admin visits a malicious site. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7,…
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from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.