CVE-2025-53369
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Summary
Short Description is a MediaWiki extension that provides local short description support. In version 4.0.0, short descriptions are not properly sanitized before being inserted as HTML using mw.util.addSubtitle, allowing any user to insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM by editing a page. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.1.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarCitizenTools | mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription | >= 05f6c6824f8f37dcc2d51cf6df4e7a09bea2196c, < 2c18bd21c5de53c336f55b6ff42f2983ea5796b4 | affected |
| StarCitizenTools | mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription | >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription/security/advisories/GHSA-p85q-mww9-gwqf
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription/commit/bc4fdbaeb1dff127fb6d08c0d385b64aa128c8f8
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