CVE-2025-53485CWE-862

SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes

High · published July 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

SetTranslationHandler.php does not validate that the user is an election admin, allowing any (even unauthenticated) user to change election-related translation text. While partially broken in newer MediaWiki versions, the check is still missing.

This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00287 · 20.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-07-04T17:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUL 17:39Z
    SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes
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