CVE-2025-11175

DiscussionTools should use better regex

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 30, 2026 at 07:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDiscussionTools

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHwikimedia-foundation
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-917

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