CVE-2025-53485

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

<1%p17

Published

Jul 4, 2025 (Jul 4, 2025)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Weakness: CWE-862
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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