# CVE-2025-53485: SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2
- Published: 2025-07-04 · Updated: 2025-07-08

## Affected

- Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.x, fixed in 1.39.13; from 1.42.x, fixed in 1.42.7; from 1.43.x, fixed in 1.43.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension, upgrade to a fixed version (1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/149668

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