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.
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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.
Title SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes
Weaknesses CWE-862
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2025-07-04T17:39:36.272Z

Updated: 2025-07-04T17:44:31.423Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T15:20:44.462Z

Link: CVE-2025-53485

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-07-04T18:15:23.497

Modified: 2025-07-04T18:15:23.497

Link: CVE-2025-53485

cve-icon Redhat

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