CVE-2025-62661 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-62661

Do permission checking when getting counts of global and local edits, new articles and thanks

Vulnerability Description

Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension: from 1.43 before 1.44.

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:

  • dom_walden
  • mszwarc

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Affected Vendor

The Wikimedia Foundation

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Affected Software

Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension
Vulnerable Versions:
1.43

Timeline

Official Publish: October 21st, 2025
Last Modified: October 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-276

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection