Cross-Site Scripting Risk in Citizen MediaWiki Skin
CVE-2025-53368

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Starcitizentools

Status
Mediawiki-skins-citizen
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-53368?

The Citizen MediaWiki skin, versions 1.9.4 to lower than 3.4.0, has a vulnerability where it allows inadequate sanitization of page descriptions when utilizing the old search bar. This flaw enables users with editing rights to inject malicious cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads into the Document Object Model (DOM), potentially compromising the security of users interacting with the affected pages. The issue has been rectified in version 3.4.0, emphasizing the importance of updating to secure environments.

Affected Version(s)

mediawiki-skins-Citizen >= 1.9.4, < 3.4.0 < 1.9.4, 3.4.0

mediawiki-skins-Citizen >= b2bd79196db1153d0bc1bd51a646d957cbdf4aec, < aedbceb3380bb48db6b59e272fc187529c71c8ca < b2bd79196db1153d0bc1bd51a646d957cbdf4aec, aedbceb3380bb48db6b59e272fc187529c71c8ca

References

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citiz...
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https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citiz...
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https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citiz...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-53368 : Cross-Site Scripting Risk in Citizen MediaWiki Skin