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CVE-2025-6597

MediaWiki should not consider autocreation as login for the purposes of security reauthentication

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 43rd percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.18.8HighEPSS percentile43rd0.5% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix4 products4 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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What to do

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  • Wikimedia Foundation MediaWikiAffected: < 1.39.13Upgrade to: 1.39.13Affected: < 1.42.7Upgrade to: 1.42.7Affected: < 1.43.2Upgrade to: 1.43.2Affected: < 1.44.0Upgrade to: 1.44.0Stated by: CVE record
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/LinuxAffected: 11Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОСAffected: 7.3Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения MediaWikiAffected: до 1.42.7Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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What it is

From the CVE record

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/auth/AuthManager.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS43rd
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 43rd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 143 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 8.8 by bdu.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
  • Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality H
  • Integrity H
  • Availability H

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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