starcitizentools/citizen-skin allows stored XSS in user registration date message
### Summary Various date messages returned by `Language::userDate` are inserted into raw HTML, allowing anybody who can edit those messages to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM. ### Details The result of `$this->lang->userDate( $timestamp, $this->user )` returns unescaped values, but is inserted as raw HTML by Citizen: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/072e4365e9084e4b153eac62d3666566c06f5a49/includes/Components/CitizenComponentUserInfo.php#L55-L60 ### PoC 1. Go to any page using citizen with the uselang parameter set to x-xss and while being logged in Depending on the registration date of the account you're logged in with, various messages can be shown. In my case, it's `november`:  ### 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-2025-49578US | medium5.4 | — | ||
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. Various date messages returned by `Language::userDate` are inserted into raw HTML, allowing anybo… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-CitizenPACKAGE
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/64cb5d7ab3a6dc0381fae54b31e8fc4afadc8bebWEB
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/93c36ac778397e0e7c46cf7adb1e5d848265f1bdWEB
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-2v3v-3whp-953hWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49578ADVISORY
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