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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-36123
Citizen has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability by editing MediaWiki:Tagline
Vulnerability Description
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page `MediaWiki:Tagline` has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the `editinterface` permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-jhm6-qjhq-5mf9
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/4a43280242f33e54643087da4a7f40970d2640c9
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/c11fbf67a99366d5a40ef880469b222679e3b475/includes/Components/CitizenComponentPageHeading.php#L190-L195
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/c11fbf67a99366d5a40ef880469b222679e3b475/includes/Components/CitizenComponentPageHeading.php#L197-L201
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
< 2.16.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 3rd, 2024
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N