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CVE-2026-116890VulnerabilityPublished

Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-116890· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade to 7.3.0 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 7.3.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 7.3.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SemanticMediaWikiSemanticMediaWikiAffected
  • >=3.0.0 <7.3.0
Fixed in
  • 7.3.0
GitHubsemanticmediawiki/SemanticMediaWikipkg:github/semanticmediawiki/SemanticMediaWikiOther threatsAffected
  • >=3.0.0 <7.3.0
Fixed in
  • 7.3.0

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict access to the api.php smwtask module if possible and monitor for unusual job enqueuing or execution activities. Follow vendor updates closely for official patches or mitigations.

Description

Semantic MediaWiki versions from 3.0.0 up to but not including 7.3.0 have a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to perform admin-only maintenance tasks by leveraging the public anonymous CSRF token. Exploitation can lead to reading internal store statistics, enqueuing jobs such as smw.entityIdDisposer, and executing these jobs, which may degrade system performance and alter semantic data.

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