CVE-2025-11175 (GCVE-0-2025-11175)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-30 19:12
Modified
2026-01-30 19:29
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CWE
- CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension: 1.44, 1.43.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wikimedia Foundation | Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension |
Version: 1.44 Version: 1.43 |
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