CVE-2026-116883

Semantic MediaWiki 3.1.0 before 7.3.1 Stored XSS via Schema Descriptions

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 27, 2026 at 03:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSemantic MediaWiki

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

Semantic MediaWiki from 3.1.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated schema editors to inject HTML through schema descriptions. Attackers with the smw-schemaedit permission can save HTML that is passed unescaped to Html::rawElement() in HtmlBuilder, altering pages and targeting users who view the schema.

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

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CVSS

4.8MEDIUMVulnCheck
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StatusUNDERGOING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-79

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