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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62697

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension

Published Oct 20, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2025 · The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62697. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.35%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension master <1.39

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension: from master before 1.39.

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 The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension master <1.39master <1.39

How to fix CVE-2025-62697

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-2025-62697. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension master <1.39 master <1.39. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension: from master before 1.39.

  2. Oct 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension: from master before 1.39.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62697

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-62697

    30-day exploitation probability 0.35%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-35095

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki - LanguageSelector Extension: from master before

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026