CVE-2025-61638 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-61638: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation Parsoid. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/parser/Sanitizer.Php, src/Core/Sanitizer.Php. This issue affects Me

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-61638 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mediawiki→ fixed in1:1.35.13-1+deb11u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mediawiki
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mediawiki→ fixed in1:1.39.17-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mediawiki
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mediawiki→ fixed in1:1.43.6+dfsg-1~deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mediawiki
```

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