๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-61682

HIGH 8.6

Semantic MediaWiki vulnerable to stored XSS through wikitext via improper use of non-reserved data attributes

CVSS Score
8.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Semantic MediaWiki is a free, open-source extension to MediaWiki that lets users store and query data within the wiki's pages. Versions starting in 3.1.0 and prior to 7.0.0 insert the unsanitized value of a data attribute into the DOM as HTML, allowing for stored XSS through wikitext. Version 7.0.0 patches the issue.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor semanticmediawiki
Product semanticmediawiki
Published Sep 18, 2026
Last Updated Sep 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

SemanticMediaWiki / SemanticMediaWiki
>= 3.1.0, < 7.0.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-hg8h-557g-q8pp github.com: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.0.0