Description
SemanticMediaWiki from 4.2.0 before 7.2.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject HTML via unescaped cstate parameters in Special:FacetedSearch. Attackers can craft URLs with q, a matching crc32 csum or filtered=1, and cstate values that break out of hidden input attributes to execute script in victims' browsers.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description SemanticMediaWiki from 4.2.0 before 7.2.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject HTML via unescaped cstate parameters in Special:FacetedSearch. Attackers can craft URLs with q, a matching crc32 csum or filtered=1, and cstate values that break out of hidden input attributes to execute script in victims' browsers.
Title SemanticMediaWiki 4.2.0 before 7.2.1 Reflected XSS via Special:FacetedSearch cstate
First Time appeared Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:semantic-mediawiki:semantic_mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
Vendors & Products Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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Semantic-mediawiki Semantic Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T10:26:51.529Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T01:02:44.941Z

Link: CVE-2026-116891

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T11:17:31.677

Modified: 2026-10-27T11:17:31.677

Link: CVE-2026-116891

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')