Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php, includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1.

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of MediaWiki hosted on the remote web server is prior to 1.39.12, 1.42.x prior to 1.42.6 or 1.43.x prior to 1.43.1. It is, therefore, affected by a number of vulnerabilities as follows.

- Improper restrictions on the file revert action. (CVE-2025-32696)

- PermissionManager fails to differentiate between cascading protection sources, allowing an unauthorized user to edit protected pages. (CVE-2025-32697)

- LogPager restriction enforcement functions do not properly restrict access to suppressed log entries. (CVE-2025-32698)

- Potential JavaScript injection via Unicode normalization enabling XSS attacks. (CVE-2025-32699)

- An i18n XSS vulnerability in HTMLMultiSelectField with sections. (CVE-2025-3469)

- AbuseFilter log interfaces expose private/hidden filters when they should be restricted. (CVE-2025-32700)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability     is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php,     includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php. This issue affects     MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1. (CVE-2025-32697)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5901 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5901-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     April 13, 2025                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : mediawiki     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-3469 CVE-2025-32696 CVE-2025-32697                      CVE-2025-32698 CVE-2025-32699 CVE-2025-32700

    Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine     for collaborative work, which could result in information disclosure,     cross-site scripting or restriction bypass.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 1:1.39.12-1~deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

    For the detailed security status of mediawiki please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mediawiki

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
115343	MediaWiki 1.43.x < 1.43.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	low
115342	MediaWiki 1.42.x < 1.42.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	low
115341	MediaWiki < 1.39.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	low
247080	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-32697	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
234245	Debian dsa-5901 : mediawiki - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	low

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