CVE-2025-53502
Published: 03 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53502 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-19888
Vulnerability details
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension: 1.39.X, 1.42.X, 1.43.X.
- 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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.