CVE-2025-32697
Cascading protection is not preventing file reversions
EPSS 0.27%
Description
Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php, includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1.
How to fix CVE-2025-32697
To remediate CVE-2025-32697, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/mediawiki—upgrade to 1.43.1 or later
- Debian/mediawiki—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-32697 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.43.1
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Green |