CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-59839

HIGH
8.6
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The EmbedVideo Extension is a MediaWiki extension which adds a parser function called #ev and various parser tags for embedding video clips from various video sharing services. In versions 4.0.0 and prior, the EmbedVideo extension allows adding arbitrary attributes to an HTML element, allowing for stored XSS through wikitext. This issue has been patched via commit 4e075d3.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days
20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-10-14.