TabberNeue vulnerable to Stored XSS through wikitext
Summary
Arbitrary HTML can be inserted into the DOM by inserting a payload into any allowed attribute of the <tabber> tag.
Details
The args provided within the wikitext as attributes to the <tabber> tag are passed to the TabberComponentTabs class:
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Tabber.php#L76
In TabberComponentTabs, the attributes are validated before being supplied to the Tabs template.
https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Components/TabberComponentTabs.php#L15-L31
However, the validation is insufficient.
What Sanitizer::validateTagAttributes does is call validateAttributes, which
* - Discards attributes not on the given list
* - Unsafe style attributes are discarded
* - Invalid id attributes are re-encoded
However, the attribute values are expected to be escaped when inserted into HTML.
The attribute values are then inserted into HTML without being escaped: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/templates/Tabs.mustache#L1
PoC
XSS through attributes:
- Go to Special:ExpandTemplates and insert the following wikitext:
<tabber class='test123" onmouseenter="alert(1)"'>
|-|First Tab Title=
First tab content goes here.
</tabber>
- Press "OK"
- Hover over the tabber
XSS through script tags:
- Go to Special:ExpandTemplates and insert the following wikitext:
<tabber class='test123"><script>alert(2)</script>'>
|-|First Tab Title=
First tab content goes here.
</tabber>
- Press "OK"
Impact
Arbitrary HTML can be inserted into the DOM by any user, allowing for JavaScript to be executed.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | starcitizentools/tabber-neue | >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.1 | 3.1.1 |
References
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/security/advisories/GHSA-jfj7-249r-7j2m
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53093
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/commit/4cdf217ef96da74a1503d1dd0bb0ed898fc2a612
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/commit/62ce0fcdf32bd3cfa77f92ff6b940459a14315fa
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Components/TabberComponentTabs.php#L15-L31
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Tabber.php#L76
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/templates/Tabs.mustache#L1
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79, CWE-80- Platform
- Composer
- Package
starcitizentools/tabber-neue- Disclosed
- 27.06.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jfj7-249r-7j2m - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: starcitizentools/tabber-neue
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
- 2
- First → latest
- 01.2025 06.2025
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
Disclosures per year
- 2025: 2
- 2026: 0
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