CVE-2025-53485: SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes
Wikimedia Foundation · Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension
Vendor fix available · Affected: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 21% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Wikimedia Foundation · Mediawiki - SecurePoll extensionfrom 1.39.x before 1.39.13; from 1.42.x before 1.42.7; from 1.43.x before 1.43.2
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Published
- July 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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