StarCitizenTools mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue up to 2.7.1 TabberTransclude.php page name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in StarCitizenTools mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue up to 2.7.1. This impacts an unknown function of the file TabberTransclude.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument page name results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-21612. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in StarCitizenTools mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue up to 2.7.1. This affects an unknown functionality of the file TabberTransclude.php. The manipulation of the argument page name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

TabberNeue is a MediaWiki extension that allows the wiki to create tabs. Prior to 2.7.2, TabberTransclude.php doesn't escape the user-supplied page name when outputting, so an XSS payload as the page name can be used here. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.2.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21612 since 12/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:TabberTransclude.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d8c3db4e5935476e496d979fb01f775d3d3282e6 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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• Content Management System

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• StarCitizenTools

Name

• mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue

Version

• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/

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