CVE-2026-116892

Medium

Description

SemanticMediaWiki from 3.1.0 before 7.3.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject markup through the search parameter of the extended Special:Search profile. Attackers can send visitors crafted URLs using the smw profile with SVG event handlers, which ProfileForm::profile_sheet inserts unescaped into a pre element, executing script in the wiki origin.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.1

Exploit probability—

ProductSemantic-mediawiki Semantic Mediawiki

PublishedOct 27, 2026

First seenOct 27, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-79Cross-site scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Update

semantic-mediawiki semantic_mediawiki7.3.1 or later

Patches

github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/commit/a77e592320707499769c9386a33d97bc966d9418

Vendor advisories

github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-375v-wx2r-4598

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
semantic-mediawiki semantic_mediawiki	3.1.0 ≤ v < 7.3.1	7.3.1

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