# CVE-2025-53370: Citizen vulnerable to Stored XSS through short descriptions

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-53370-citizen-vulnerable-to-stored-xss-through-short-descriptions  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-03  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-53370 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-03

Citizen vulnerable to Stored XSS through short descriptions

Technologies: [starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/starcitizentools-citizen-skin). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-53370 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53370 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-53370?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 3 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.9.4,fixed=3.4.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53370?** Yes. starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist): upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-53370?** Check whether you run starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist): upgrade to 3.4.0 or later

  ```sh
  composer require starcitizentools/citizen-skin:^3.4.0
  ```


## Affected products

- starcitizentools/citizen-skin (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.9.4,fixed=3.4.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-53370
- GHSA-prmv-7r8c-794g

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