CVE-2025-53368

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

Published Jul 3, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-19901 starcitizentools/citizen-skin is vulnerable to Stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar through page descriptions
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rq6g-6g94-jfr4 starcitizentools/citizen-skin is vulnerable to Stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar through page descriptions
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Starcitizen.tools
Starcitizen.tools citizen
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:starcitizen.tools:citizen:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
Vendors & Products Starcitizen.tools
Starcitizen.tools citizen
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Citizen is vulnerable to stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 3, 2025, 7:50 PM
Reserved
Jun 27, 2025, 12:57 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 3, 2025, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:38 AM