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CVE-2025-62665VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-62665: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – Skin:BlueSky · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – Skin:BlueSkySource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade to 1.39 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.39
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – Skin:BlueSky to 1.39.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Skin:BlueSkyAffected
  • <1.39
Fixed in
  • 1.39

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-62665, European organizations should prioritize upgrading Mediawiki installations to version 1.39 or later, where the vulnerability is addressed. If immediate upgrading is not feasible, administrators should disable or avoid using the BlueSky skin until patched. Implement strict input validation and output encoding mechanisms for any custom skins or extensions to prevent injection of malicious scripts. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict execution of unauthorized scripts and reduce the impact of XSS attacks. Regularly audit Mediawiki deployments for unauthorized content or suspicious script injections. Monitor web server and application logs for anomalous requests indicative of exploitation attempts. Educate users about the risks of XSS and encourage reporting of unusual behavior on Mediawiki platforms. Finally, maintain a robust incident response plan to quickly contain and remediate any detected exploitation.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Skin:BlueSky allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Skin:BlueSky: from master before 1.39.

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