# CVE-2025-67479: Magic word replacement in legacy parser allows using reserved data attributes through wikitext

- Severity: CVSS 0.0 (None), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-03 · Updated: 2026-03-02

## Affected

- Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: version range not reported
- Wikimedia Foundation Cite: version range not reported

## Description

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation Cite. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Parser/CoreParserFunctions.Php, includes/Parser/Sanitizer.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1; Cite: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407131

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