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title: "CVE-2025-61655\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-61655

Publication date 3 February 2026

Last updated 10 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61655?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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
includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.Php,
modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.Init.Mw.DesktopArticleTarget.Js,
modules/ve-mw/ui/dialogs/ve.Ui.MWSaveDialog.Js.
This issue affects VisualEditor: from \* before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

CVSS v4.0

[CVSS v4.0](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61655?format=md)
[CVSS v3.0](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61655?format=md)

**Base score**

0.0 · Low

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Attack requirements | None |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | 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 |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | - |
  | Base + Threat score | - |
  | Base + Environmental score | - |
  | Base + Threat + Environmental score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-61655)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61655)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-61655)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61655)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61655>
* <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395858>
* <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor/+/1193248>