CVE-2025-6596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Vector. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/skins.Vector.Js/portlets.Js, resources/skins.Vector.Legacy.Js/portlets.Js.

This issue affects Vector: from >= 1.40.0 before 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

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.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396685

History

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Vector. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/skins.Vector.Js/portlets.Js, resources/skins.Vector.Legacy.Js/portlets.Js. This issue affects Vector: from >= 1.40.0 before 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.
Title		Vector inserts portlet labels as HTML, allowing for stored XSS through system messages
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396685
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2026-02-02T22:58:20.912Z

Updated: 2026-02-02T22:58:20.912Z

Reserved: 2025-06-24T22:28:16.378Z

Link: CVE-2025-6596

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-02T23:16:02.310

Modified: 2026-02-02T23:16:02.310

Link: CVE-2025-6596

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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