Debian dsa-6085 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279440

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6085 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6085-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 19, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mediawiki CVE ID : CVE-2025-11173 CVE-2025-11261 CVE-2025-61635 CVE-2025-61638 CVE-2025-61639 CVE-2025-61640 CVE-2025-61641 CVE-2025-61643 CVE-2025-61646 CVE-2025-61653 CVE-2025-61655 CVE-2025-61656 CVE-2025-67475 CVE-2025-67478 CVE-2025-67479 CVE-2025-67480 CVE-2025-67481 CVE-2025-67482 CVE-2025-67484 CVE-2025-67483 CVE-2025-67477 CVE-2025-61657 CVE-2025-61654 CVE-2025-61652 CVE-2025-61642 CVE-2025-61637 CVE-2025-61636 CVE-2025-61634 CVE-2025-11175

Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which could result in cross-site scripting, information disclosure, missing rate limiting or denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.39.17-1~deb12u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.43.6+dfsg-1~deb13u1.

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: [email protected]

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.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279440

File Name: debian_DSA-6085.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61656

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki-classes, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11173, CVE-2025-11175, CVE-2025-11261, CVE-2025-61634, CVE-2025-61635, CVE-2025-61636, CVE-2025-61637, CVE-2025-61638, CVE-2025-61639, CVE-2025-61640, CVE-2025-61641, CVE-2025-61642, CVE-2025-61643, CVE-2025-61646, CVE-2025-61652, CVE-2025-61653, CVE-2025-61654, CVE-2025-61655, CVE-2025-61656, CVE-2025-61657, CVE-2025-67475, CVE-2025-67477, CVE-2025-67478, CVE-2025-67479, CVE-2025-67480, CVE-2025-67481, CVE-2025-67482, CVE-2025-67483, CVE-2025-67484

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