MediaWiki ManageWiki ext disabling restricted ext without rights (CVE-2025-32964)
CVE-2025-32964 Published on April 22, 2025
ManageWiki vulnerable to permission bypass when disabling extensions requiring certain permissions in Special:ManageWiki/extensions
ManageWiki is a MediaWiki extension allowing users to manage wikis. Prior to commit 00bebea, when enabling a conflicting extension, a restricted extension would be automatically disabled even if the user did not hold the ManageWiki-restricted right. This issue has been patched in commit 00bebea. A workaround involves ensuring that any extensions requiring specific permissions in `$wgManageWikiExtensions` also require the same permissions for managing any conflicting extensions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-32964 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2025-32964 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-32964
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Affected Versions
miraheze ManageWiki Version < 00bebea is affected by CVE-2025-32964Exploit Probability
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