CVE-2026-116877

Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 Resource Exhaustion via #set_recurring_event

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: November 2, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSemantic MediaWiki

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows low-privilege editors to bypass smwgMaxNumRecurringEvents by supplying a large limit parameter. Attackers can save pages using #set_recurring_event without an end date to generate thousands or millions of date subobjects, exhausting CPU, memory, and database resources.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusUNDERGOING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-770

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