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CVE-2025-6590

Complete content leak of private wikis due to PasswordReset Wikitext injection in error message

Published: Feb 2, 2026Updated: Feb 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
5.4CVSSMEDIUM

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/htmlform/fields/HTMLUserTextField.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * through 1.39.12, 1.42.76 1.43.1, 1.44.0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
L
I:LIntegrity
L
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

wikimedia foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wikimedia
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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Timeline

Published
Feb 2, 2026
Last Updated
Feb 3, 2026

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