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CVE-2025-62670: The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – FlexDiagrams Extension · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – FlexDiagrams ExtensionSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-62670, European organizations should: 1) Monitor the Wikimedia Foundation and Mediawiki project repositories for official patches or updates to the FlexDiagrams Extension and apply them promptly. 3) Implement strict input validation and sanitization on all user-supplied data related to diagram creation or editing within Mediawiki, ensuring that scripts and HTML tags are properly escaped or filtered. 4) Deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers tailored to Mediawiki deployments to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts. 5) Conduct regular security audits and code reviews of custom extensions and configurations. 6) Educate users and administrators about the risks of XSS and encourage vigilance when reviewing wiki content. 7) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules targeting XSS payloads as an additional layer of defense. 8) Maintain comprehensive logging and monitoring to detect suspicious activities related to wiki content modifications.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - FlexDiagrams Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - FlexDiagrams Extension: master.

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