CVE-2025-53485 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-53485

SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

SetTranslationHandler.php does not validate that the user is an election admin, allowing any (even unauthenticated) user to change election-related translation text. While partially broken in newer MediaWiki versions, the check is still missing. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Wikimedia Foundation

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Affected Software

Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension

Vulnerable Versions:

1.39.x, 1.42.x, 1.43.x

Timeline

Official Publish: July 4th, 2025

Last Modified: July 8th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal