CVE-2024-36123
Citizen has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability by editing MediaWiki:Tagline
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
Citizen has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability by editing MediaWiki:Tagline
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-36123- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-35890
6.5
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
- Record
EUVD-2024-35890- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
6.5
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-36123- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
Citizen has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability by editing MediaWiki:Tagline
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-36123- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36123
6.5
Citizen is a MediaWiki skin that makes extensions part of the cohesive experience. The page MediaWiki:Tagline has its contents used unescaped, so custom HTML (including Javascript) can be injected by someone with the ability to edit the MediaWiki namespace (typically those with the editinterface permission, or sysops). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.16.0.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36123- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mediawikiUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.27.3-11:1.27.4-11:1.27.4-21:1.27.4-3 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu11:1.31.5-11:1.31.5-1ubuntu11:1.31.5-21:1.31.5-3 Show 4 moreShow less1:1.31.5-3ubuntu11:1.31.6-11:1.31.7-11:1.31.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.35.3-11:1.35.4-11:1.35.5-11:1.35.5-1ubuntu11:1.35.5-1ubuntu21:1.35.5-1ubuntu31:1.35.6-11:1.35.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.39.4-21:1.39.5-11:1.39.6-11:1.39.7-11:1.39.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.43.1+dfsg-11:1.43.1+dfsg-21:1.43.3+dfsg-1 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.43.8+dfsg-21:1.43.9+dfsg-11:1.43.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
mediawikiUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.43.3+dfsg-11:1.43.5+dfsg-11:1.43.6+dfsg-21:1.43.8+dfsg-11:1.43.8+dfsg-2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-36123 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Starcitizen.tools Citizen, published June 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/security/advisories/GHSA-jhm6-qjhq-5mf9
github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/commit/4a43280242f33e54643087da4a7f40970d2640c9
github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/blob/c11fbf67a99366d5a40ef880469b222679e3b475/includes/Components/CitizenComponentPageHeading.php
github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-skins-Citizen/releases
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36123.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36123
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36123
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36123