{"id":59149,"date":"2025-07-11T11:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:36:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:55:21","slug":"cve-2025-53483-critical-csrf-vulnerability-in-mediawiki-securepoll-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53483-critical-csrf-vulnerability-in-mediawiki-securepoll-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53483: Critical CSRF Vulnerability in Mediawiki SecurePoll Extension<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This post aims to shed light on a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2025-53483, that poses a significant risk to certain versions of the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension. This critical flaw arises from a lack of validation of request methods and CSRF tokens, specifically in ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear().<br \/>\nThe severity of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43232-critical-permissions-issue-allowing-app-to-bypass-privacy-preferences-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69108\">issue lies in its potential to allow<\/a> attackers to initiate sensitive actions if an administrator inadvertently visits a malicious website. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7793-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh451-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69109\">vulnerability not only affects the integrity of the system<\/a> but also the confidentiality and availability of the data within, making it a critical threat that needs immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53483<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52817-authorization-bypass-in-zealousweb-abandoned-contact-form-7-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65806\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2553040393\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53369-mediawiki-short-description-extension-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91421\">Mediawiki SecurePoll extension<\/a> | 1.39.X before 1.39.13<br \/>\nMediawiki SecurePoll extension | 1.42.X before 1.42.7<br \/>\nMediawiki SecurePoll extension | 1.43.X before 1.43.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the lack of CSRF tokens and request method validation in certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24769-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-zenny\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65805\">PHP files<\/a> in the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension. By crafting a malicious website and inducing an admin to visit it, an attacker can trigger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-12367-system-compromise-via-sensitive-information-exposure-in-vega-master-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89884\">sensitive actions on the victim&#8217;s system<\/a>. The absence of proper CSRF protection makes the system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8243-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-x15-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69110\">vulnerable as it fails to verify if the requests<\/a> made are genuinely from the authorized user, thus enabling a successful CSRF attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-389141720\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42959-unauthenticated-replay-attack-exploiting-hmac-reuse\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80070\">attacker might exploit<\/a> this vulnerability. Note that this is a simplified representation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80069\">potential attack and real-world exploits<\/a> may be far more complex and concealed.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/vulnerable\/SecurePoll\/ArchivePage.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nReferer: http:\/\/malicious.example.com\n{ &quot;sensitive_action&quot;: &quot;trigger&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker tricks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54309-critical-vulnerability-in-crushftp-allowing-remote-admin-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69818\">admin into making a request to the vulnerable<\/a> page on the target site (target.example.com) from a malicious site (malicious.example.com), thereby performing a sensitive action (&#8220;trigger&#8221;) without the admin&#8217;s knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This post aims to shed light on a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2025-53483, that poses a significant risk to certain versions of the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension. This critical flaw arises from a lack of validation of request methods and CSRF tokens, specifically in ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear(). 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