{"id":"CVE-2025-62697","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-62697","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:30:04.126Z","title":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector…","description":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension: from master before 1.39.","published":"2025-10-20T20:15:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T22:10:01.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-74"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00347,"percentile":0.28068,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I338288e756de4e58a3f1f02a9c205b37f4927935","source":"c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc"},{"url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399724","source":"c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62697","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}