SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-36123

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
Citizen MediaWiki skin	up to 2.15.0
Citizen MediaWiki skin	2.16.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

References

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/commit/4a43280242f33e54643087da4a7f40970d2640c9

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases

https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-jhm6-qjhq-5mf9

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: HIGH
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Timeline

Published: June 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: June 3, 2024, 7:23 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVE-2024-36123