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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-06-30 | Published 2025-07-04 | Updated 2025-07-08 | Assigner wikimedia-foundation

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1.39.x (semver) before 1.39.13
affected

1.42.x (semver) before 1.42.7
affected

1.43.x (semver) before 1.43.2
affected

References

phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341

gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/149668

cve.org (CVE-2025-53485)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-53485)

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