StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen up to 2.30.x Setting real name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen up to 2.30.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument real name can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-47536. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in StarCitizenTools mediawiki-skins-Citizen up to 2.30.x and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument real name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. A user with the editmyprivateinfo right or who can otherwise change their name can XSS themselves by setting their "real name" to an XSS payload. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.31.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-47536 since 09/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.31.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 717d16af35b10dab04d434aefddbf991fc8c168c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• StarCitizenTools

Name

• mediawiki-skins-Citizen

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/

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