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CVE-2025-61643

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/recentchanges/RecentChangeRCFeedNotifier.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

How to fix

Remediation Available
mediawikiDebian
Fixed in:1:1.35.13-1+deb11u5CVE-2025-61643
Fixed in:1:1.39.17-1~deb12u1CVE-2025-61643
Fixed in:1:1.43.6+dfsg-1~deb13u1CVE-2025-61643
Fixed in:1:1.43.5+dfsg-1CVE-2025-61643

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days
14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-61643?

Upgrade mediawiki on debian 11 to 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u5 or later.

Is CVE-2025-61643 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-61643 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.23% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 14% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-61643?

CVE-2025-61643 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-61643 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for mediawiki (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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