CVE-2025-53093
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
TabberNeue is a MediaWiki extension that allows the wiki to create tabs. Starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.1.1, any user can insert arbitrary HTMLinto the DOM by inserting a payload into any allowed attribute of the `<tabber>` tag. Version 3.1.1 contains a patch for the bug.
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affected products (9)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1525MediaWiki Extensions und Skins: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-07-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um SQL-Injection- und XSS-Angriffe durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder sich unbefugt höhere Berechtigungen zu verschaffen.
- GHSA-jfj7-249r-7j2mTabberNeue vulnerable to Stored XSS through wikitext2025-06-27ghsa · osvUS
### Summary Arbitrary HTML can be inserted into the DOM by inserting a payload into any allowed attribute of the `<tabber>` tag. ### Details The `args` provided within the wikitext as attributes to the `<tabber>` tag are passed to the TabberComponentTabs class: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Tabber.php#L76 In TabberComponentTabs, the attributes are validated before being supplied to the Tabs template. https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Components/TabberComponentTabs.php#L15-L31 However, the validation is insufficient. What `Sanitizer::validateTagAttributes` does is call `validateAttributes`, which ``` * - Discards attributes not on the given list * - Unsafe style attributes are discarded * - Invalid id attributes are re-encoded ``` However, the attribute values are expected to be escaped when inserted into HTML. The attribute values are then inserted into HTML without being escaped: https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/templates/Tabs.mustache#L1 ### PoC #### XSS through attributes: 1. Go to Special:ExpandTemplates and insert the following wikitext: ``` <tabber class='test123" onmouseenter="alert(1)"'> |-|First Tab Title= First tab content goes here. </tabber> ``` 2. Press "OK" 3. Hover over the tabber  #### XSS through script tags: 1. Go to Special:ExpandTemplates and insert the following wikitext: ``` <tabber class='test123"><script>alert(2)</script>'> |-|First Tab Title= First tab content goes here. </tabber> ``` 2. Press "OK"  ### Impact Arbitrary HTML can be inserted into the DOM by any user, allowing for JavaScript to be executed.
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-53093cnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Components/TabberComponentTabs.php#L15-L31cnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/Tabber.php#L76cnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/blob/3a23b703ce36cfc4128e7921841f68230be4059a/includes/templates/Tabs.mustache#L1cnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/commit/4cdf217ef96da74a1503d1dd0bb0ed898fc2a612cnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/commit/62ce0fcdf32bd3cfa77f92ff6b940459a14315facnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-TabberNeue/security/advisories/GHSA-jfj7-249r-7j2mcnnvd
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