CVE-2025-53368

Citizen is vulnerable to stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar

Published: Jul 3, 2025Updated: Aug 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79

8.6HIGH

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

starcitizen.tools

oss-project

citizenOn-prem

Consumer Software / gaming

Packagist

package-ecosystem

starcitizentools/citizen-skin

OSS Libraries

StarCitizenTools

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

mediawiki-skins-CitizenOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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2 techniques

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References

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/aedbceb3380bb48db6b59e272fc187529c71c8ca

github.com

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases/tag/v3.4.0

github.com

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-rq6g-6g94-jfr4

github.com

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