CVE-2026-116886
Received Received - Intake

Stored XSS in Semantic MediaWiki via ExternalIdentifierValue

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-116886, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-27

Last updated on: 2026-10-27

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows users with page-edit rights to inject scripts via External identifier property values. Attackers can annotate markup payloads that ExternalIdentifierValue renders unescaped on Special:Browse, executing JavaScript in viewers' sessions, including administrators.

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Published
2026-10-27
Last Modified
2026-10-27
Generated
2026-10-27
EPSS Evaluated
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SemanticMediaWiki SemanticMediaWiki 2.5.0

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CWE ID Description
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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