CVE-2026-116891: SemanticMediaWiki · Cross-site Scripting
Affects SemanticMediaWikiSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium : upgrade to 7.2.1 when convenient.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 10:57 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 7.2.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade SemanticMediaWiki and semanticmediawiki/SemanticMediaWiki to 7.2.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| SemanticMediaWikiSemanticMediaWiki | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubsemanticmediawiki/SemanticMediaWikipkg:github/semanticmediawiki/SemanticMediaWikiOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade SemanticMediaWiki to version 7.2.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory. Applying the official patch fully addresses the issue.
Description
SemanticMediaWiki versions from 4.2.0 up to but not including 7.2.1 contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:FacetedSearch feature. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and execute scripts in the browsers of users who visit crafted URLs containing malicious cstate parameters. The vulnerability arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically due to unescaped cstate parameters that break out of hidden input attributes. A fix for this issue is available in version 7.2.1.