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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2025-53485

SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
wikimedia-foundation

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1.39.x to < 1.39.13affected
  • 1.42.x to < 1.42.7affected
  • 1.43.x to < 1.43.2affected

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