CVE-2025-32697

Cascading protection is not preventing file reversions

N/A
Published: April 10, 2025 at 06:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php, includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1.

Affected

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

v < 1.42.6, 1.43.1
Affected range stops below 1.42.6, 1.43.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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.

References (3)

Source: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140010
Source: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T24521
Source: c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62109

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-281

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