CVE-2026-116880

Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Special:SMWAdmin because it overwrites the wpEditToken with a freshly generated valid token. Attackers can lure an authenticated smw-admin user to a malicious page that triggers schema setup, entity-disposal, or job actions, causing semantic data loss and resource exhaustion.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.1-csrf-via-special-smwadmin-maintenance-actions
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3

Configurations

No configuration.

History

31 Oct 2026, 03:17

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References	~~() https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3 -~~	() https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3 -

27 Oct 2026, 11:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-27 11:17

Updated : 2026-10-31 03:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-116880

Mitre link : CVE-2026-116880

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-116880

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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