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CVE-2025-12004

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Description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Lockdown Extension allows Privilege Abuse. Fixed in Mediawiki Core Action APIThis issue affects Mediawiki - Lockdown Extension: from master before 1.42.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
10.0 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
Published
2025-10-21 07:15:36.643000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc",
  "published": "2025-10-21T07:15:36.643",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Lockdown Extension allows Privilege Abuse. Fixed in Mediawiki Core Action APIThis issue affects Mediawiki - Lockdown Extension: from master before 1.42."
    },
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de Asignación de Permisos Incorrecta para Recurso Crítico en la Extensión Lockdown de Mediawiki de The Wikimedia Foundation permite el Abuso de Privilegios. Corregido en la API de Acción del Núcleo de Mediawiki. Este problema afecta a la Extensión Lockdown de Mediawiki: desde master antes de 1.42."
    }
  ],
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
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