GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-2v3v-3whp-953h starcitizentools/citizen-skin allows stored XSS in user registration date message

MEDIUM Published 2025-06-13 Modified 2025-06-13 Official page ↗
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