CVE-2025-53368 (GCVE-0-2025-53368)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-03 19:34
Modified
2025-07-03 19:50
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. From versions 1.9.4 to before 3.4.0, page descriptions are inserted into raw HTML without proper sanitization by the Citizen skin when using the old search bar. Any user with page editing privileges can insert cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads into the DOM for other users who are searching for specific pages. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.0.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/aedbceb3380bb48db6b59e272fc187529c71c8caPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases/tag/v3.4.0Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-rq6g-6g94-jfr4Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen Version: >= 1.9.4, < 3.4.0
Version: >= b2bd79196db1153d0bc1bd51a646d957cbdf4aec, < aedbceb3380bb48db6b59e272fc187529c71c8ca
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