starcitizentools/citizen-skin allows stored XSS in search no result messages
Summary
The citizen-search-noresults-title and citizen-search-noresults-desc system messages are inserted into raw HTML, allowing anybody who can edit those messages to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM.
Details
The system messages are inserted as raw HTML by the mustache template: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/407052e7069bdeae927d6f1a2a1c9a45b473bf9a/resources/skins.citizen.search/templates/TypeaheadPlaceholder.mustache#L8-L9
PoC
- Edit
citizen-search-noresults-titleandcitizen-search-noresults-descto<img src="" onerror="alert('citizen-search-noresults-title')">and<img src="" onerror="alert('citizen-search-noresults-desc')">(script tags don't work here due to the way the HTML is inserted) - Open the search bar and search for a page that doesn't exist to get the "no results" messages to show up
Impact
This impacts wikis where a group has the editinterface but not the editsitejs user right.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | starcitizentools/citizen-skin | >= 2.31.0, < 3.3.1 | 3.3.1 |
References
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-86xf-2mgp-gv3g
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49576
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/93c36ac778397e0e7c46cf7adb1e5d848265f1bd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/a0296afaedbe1a277337a2d8f1da83cb3a79b9ab
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Composer
- Package
starcitizentools/citizen-skin- Disclosed
- 13.06.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-86xf-2mgp-gv3g - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: starcitizentools/citizen-skin
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 9
- First → latest
- 09.2024 10.2025
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
- Medium 7
Disclosures per year
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 8
- 2026: 0
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