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CVE-2025-53368— Citizen is vulnerable to stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar

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Affected
StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen
Exploitation
Public or AI PoC available; prioritize validation
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Citizen是Star Citizen Wiki团队的一款美观、易用、响应迅速的MediaWiki皮肤。 Citizen 1.9.4至3.4.0之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于旧搜索栏中页面描述未正确清理，可能导致跨站脚本攻击。

CVSS 8.6 · High EPSS 0.29% · P21

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1189 · Drive-by Compromise
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-53368

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Citizen is vulnerable to stored XSS attack in the legacy search bar
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. From versions 1.9.4 to before 3.4.0, page descriptions are inserted into raw HTML without proper sanitization by the Citizen skin when using the old search bar. Any user with page editing privileges can insert cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads into the DOM for other users who are searching for specific pages. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.0.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
在Web页面生成时对输入的转义处理不恰当(跨站脚本)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Citizen 跨站脚本漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Citizen是Star Citizen Wiki团队的一款美观、易用、响应迅速的MediaWiki皮肤。 Citizen 1.9.4至3.4.0之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于旧搜索栏中页面描述未正确清理，可能导致跨站脚本攻击。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen >= 1.9.4, < 3.4.0 -

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III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2025-53368

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Same Patch Batch · StarCitizenTools · 2025-07-03 · 3 CVEs total

CVE-2025-53369 8.6 HIGH Citizen Short Description stored XSS vulnerability through wikitext
CVE-2025-53370 8.6 HIGH Citizen stored XSS vulnerability through short descriptions

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: mediawiki-skins-Citizen
Same vendor: StarCitizenTools
Same weakness: CWE-79

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