MEDIUM 6.9 NVD
CVE-2026-116879
Semantic MediaWiki from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the smwtask update task that allows users with edit rights to force
Semantic MediaWiki from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the smwtask update task that allows users with edit rights to force semantic updates on arbitrary pages. Attackers can supply a serialized subject parameter for a restricted page to trigger forced reparsing, semantic-store writes, and resource-intensive dependency work.
References
- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/commit/cba0541d1f931e5c5440a483790d
- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-6wrc-864f-
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-7.3.0-before-7.3.1-missing-authori
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 was published on 2026-10-27 via NVD.
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