High

StarCitizenWiki Extension Embed Video: Stored XSS via unsanitized service name in exception text

  • Disclosed: 19.06.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

When passing an unknown service name to embedvideo, an error message is rendered containing the invalid service name. The service name is not sanitized and can contain HTML.

Details

There is a hardcoded list of allowed services in a switch statement inside EmbedServiceFactory#newFromName here. When the service name is not known, an exception is thrown with the service name injected into the message via sprintf here. This message is not sanitized and is marked as isHtml here. Similarly with {{evl: here.

PoC

// Must be on a page, not on ExpandTemplates
{{#ev:<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>|dQw4w9WgXcQ}}
{{#evl:id=dummy|service=<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>}}

Impact

Stored XSS that allows arbitrary Javascript/HTML insertion on any page that a user can edit. It requires no interaction and executes in the wiki origin for every visitor to the page.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package starcitizenwiki/embedvideo < 4.1.0 4.1.0

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79, CWE-80
Platform
Composer
Package
starcitizenwiki/embedvideo
Disclosed
19.06.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c29q-5xm7-5p62 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: starcitizenwiki/embedvideo

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
5
First → latest
09.2025 09.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 5

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 1
  2. 2026: 4
  1. StarCitizenWiki Extension Embed Video: Stored XSS via unsanitized service name in exception text this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-55690 < 4.1.0 4.1.0

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