CVE-2025-11175 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-11175

DiscussionTools should use better regex

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension: 1.44, 1.43.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Matmarex
  • Bartosz

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Affected Vendor

The Wikimedia Foundation

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Affected Software

Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension
Vulnerable Versions:
1.44, 1.43

Timeline

Official Publish: January 30th, 2026
Last Modified: January 30th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-917

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.