Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-52738

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview wikipedia-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue a

Published Oct 22, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-52738. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview 0 ≤1.15.0

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview wikipedia-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Wikipedia Preview: from n/a through <= 1.15.0.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview 0 ≤1.15.00 ≤1.15.0

How to fix CVE-2025-52738

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-52738. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview 0 ≤1.15.0 0 ≤1.15.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview wikipedia-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Wikipedia Preview: from n/a through <= 1.15.0.

  2. Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview wikipedia-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Wikipedia Preview: from n/a through <= 1.15.0.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-52738

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-52738

    30-day exploitation probability 0.31%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-35492

    Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Preview wikipedia-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Wikipedia Preview: from n/a through <= 1.15.0.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026