CVE-2025-6926 describes an Improper Authentication vulnerability within the Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki CentralAuth Extension, impacting versions 1.39.x before 1.39.13, 1.42.x before 1.42.7, and 1.43.x before 1.43.2. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows for authentication bypass, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, with a low attack complexity and requiring no privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikimedia Foundation | Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension | >= 1.39.x, < 1.39.13, >= 1.42.x, < 1.42.7, >= 1.43.x, < 1.43.2CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.