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CVE-2025-53502

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.24% probability · 14th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Source
c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.24%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.