CVE-2025-61656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/ce/ve.Ce.ClipboardHandler.Js.

This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-4355-1	mediawiki security update
Debian DSA	DSA-6085-1	mediawiki security update

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397232

History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation VisualEditor. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/ce/ve.Ce.ClipboardHandler.Js. This issue affects VisualEditor: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Title		XSS when pasting into VE
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397232
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2026-02-03T01:02:48.955Z

Updated: 2026-02-03T21:00:33.782Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T13:18:42.392Z

Link: CVE-2025-61656

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-03T21:00:31.240Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T02:16:08.010

Modified: 2026-02-03T16:44:03.343

Link: CVE-2025-61656

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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