CVE-2025-61635 PUBLISHED

Add rate limiting to ApiFancyCaptchaReload

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
Reserved: 29.09.2025 Published: 02.02.2026 Updated: 02.02.2026

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation ConfirmEdit. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/FancyCaptcha/ApiFancyCaptchaReload.Php.

This issue affects ConfirmEdit: *.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/RE:M/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 0

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Wikimedia Foundation
Product	ConfirmEdit
Versions	Default: unaffected Version * is affected

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355073