CVE-2026-116890
highSemantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module that allows unauthenticated attackers t…
Vendor / product: Semantic-mediawiki — semantic mediawiki
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run admin-only maintenance tasks. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token to read internal store statistics, enqueue jobs like smw.entityIdDisposer, and execute queued jobs, degrading performance and altering semantic data.
CVSS
7.3
7.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-27 11:17
Modified: 2026-11-03 16:23
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
semantic-mediawiki / semantic_mediawiki ≥3.0.0 <7.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-jr78-w6w5-... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.0-missing-authori... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC · record ↗