CVE-2025-53370

Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. From versions 1.9.4 to before 3.4.0, short descriptions set via the ShortDescription extension are inserted as raw HTML by the Citizen skin, allowing any user to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM by editing a page. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.0.

CVSS v3 8.6 HIGH

8.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/c85a40bddc8651fff66df83a72debddcb34f0521	Patch
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases/tag/v3.4.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-prmv-7r8c-794g	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:starcitizen.tools:citizen:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-03 20:15

Updated : 2025-08-22 14:19

NVD link : CVE-2025-53370

Mitre link : CVE-2025-53370

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53370

JSON object : View

Products Affected

starcitizen.tools

citizen

CWE

CWE-79

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

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