CVE-2024-36123

Citizen has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability by editing MediaWiki:Tagline

Published: Jun 3, 2024Updated: Aug 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

6.5MEDIUM

Description

Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page `MediaWiki:Tagline` has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the `editinterface` permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:HPrivileges Required

High

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

StarCitizenTools

oss-projectaka mediawiki-skins-citizen, mediawiki-extensions-tabberneue, mediawiki-extensions-shortdescription

mediawiki-skins-CitizenOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

starcitizen.tools

oss-project

citizenOn-prem

Consumer Software / gaming

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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2 techniques

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References

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-jhm6-qjhq-5mf9

github.com

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/4a43280242f33e54643087da4a7f40970d2640c9

github.com

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/c11fbf67a99366d5a40ef880469b222679e3b475/includes/Components/CitizenComponentPageHeading.php#L190-L195

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