CVE-2025-59839
The EmbedVideo Extension is a MediaWiki extension which adds a parser function called #ev and various parser tags for embedding video clips from various video sharing services. In versions 4.0.0 and prior, the EmbedVideo extension allows adding arbitrary attributes to an HTML element, allowing for stored XSS through wikitext. This issue has been patched via commit 4e075d3.
Published:Sep 25, 2025
Last Modified:Oct 14, 2025
EPS:Sep 25, 2025
EPSS Score:0.0006
CVSS Score:8.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Mediawiki
Product
Mediawiki
Mediawiki
Mediawiki
Vendor
Star-citizen
Product
Embedvideo
Star-citizen
Embedvideo
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
