Description
SemanticMediaWiki from 3.2.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows users with the smw-schemaedit right to inject markup through an unescaped property group schema canonical_name. Attackers can save a schema whose canonical_name holds script markup, which GroupFormatter renders unescaped in Special:Browse headings, executing JavaScript in viewers' sessions including administrators.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description SemanticMediaWiki from 3.2.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows users with the smw-schemaedit right to inject markup through an unescaped property group schema canonical_name. Attackers can save a schema whose canonical_name holds script markup, which GroupFormatter renders unescaped in Special:Browse headings, executing JavaScript in viewers' sessions including administrators.
Title SemanticMediaWiki 3.2.0 before 7.3.1 Stored XSS via Special:Browse Group Heading
First Time appeared Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:semantic-mediawiki:semantic_mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
Vendors & Products Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Semantic-mediawiki Semantic Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T10:26:49.509Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T01:01:43.272Z

Link: CVE-2026-116888

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T11:17:31.263

Modified: 2026-10-27T11:17:31.263

Link: CVE-2026-116888

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T13:15:02Z

Weaknesses