Citizen skin vulnerable to stored XSS through multiple system messages
### Summary Multiple system messages are inserted into the CommandPaletteFooter as raw HTML, allowing anybody who can edit those messages to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM. ### Details The messages are retrieved using the `plain()` output mode: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/072e4365e9084e4b153eac62d3666566c06f5a49/resources/skins.citizen.commandPalette/components/CommandPaletteFooter.vue#L61-L66 `currentTip` is set to one of these messages: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/072e4365e9084e4b153eac62d3666566c06f5a49/resources/skins.citizen.commandPalette/components/CommandPaletteFooter.vue#L69 `currentTip` is inserted as raw HTML (`vue/no-v-html` should *not* be ignored here): https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/072e4365e9084e4b153eac62d3666566c06f5a49/resources/skins.citizen.commandPalette/components/CommandPaletteFooter.vue#L3-L4 ### PoC 1. Edit `citizen-command-palette-tip-commands`, `citizen-command-palette-tip-users`, `citizen-command-palette-tip-namespace` and `citizen-command-palette-tip-templates` to `<img src="" onerror="alert(1)">` (script tags don't work here due to the way the HTML is inserted) 2. Open the command palette  ### Impact This impacts wikis where a group has the `editinterface` but not the `editsitejs` user right.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-49575US | medium5.4 | — | ||
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. Multiple system messages are inserted into the CommandPaletteFooter as raw HTML, allowing anybody… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-CitizenPACKAGE
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/4fa69e1d062dca7e407cc0530cf1da3e2baaf0b5WEB
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/54c8717d45ce1594918f11cb9ce5d0ccd8dfee65WEB
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/93c36ac778397e0e7c46cf7adb1e5d848265f1bdWEB
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-4c2h-67qq-vm87WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49575ADVISORY
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