GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-2v3v-3whp-953h starcitizentools/citizen-skin allows stored XSS in user registration date message
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-49578
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- starcitizentools/citizen-skin
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-13
Affected packages
• Packagist starcitizentools/citizen-skin: >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.1 → fixed in 3.3.1
Description
Summary
Various date messages returned by `Language::userDate` are inserted into raw HTML, allowing anybody who can edit those messages to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM.
Details
The result of `$this->lang->userDate( $timestamp, $this->user )` returns unescaped values, but is inserted as raw HTML by Citizen:
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/072e4365e9084e4b153eac62d3666566c06f5a49/includes/Components/CitizenComponentUserInfo.php#L55-L60
PoC
1. Go to any page using citizen with the uselang parameter set to x-xss and while being logged in
Depending on the registration date of the account you're logged in with, various messages can be shown. In my case, it's `november`:
Impact
This impacts wikis where a group has the `editinterface` but not the `editsitejs` user right.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-49578 Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-2v3v-3whp-953h web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49578 advisory
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/64cb5d7ab3a6dc0381fae54b31e8fc4afadc8beb web
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/93c36ac778397e0e7c46cf7adb1e5d848265f1bd web
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen package