๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-116891

MEDIUM 6.1

SemanticMediaWiki 4.2.0 before 7.2.1 Reflected XSS via Special:FacetedSearch cstate

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor semanticmediawiki
Product semanticmediawiki
Published Oct 27, 2026
Last Updated Oct 27, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

SemanticMediaWiki / SemanticMediaWiki
4.2.0 < 7.2.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-9rcc-pmj8-ffhr vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semanticmediawiki-4.2.0-before-7.2.1-reflected-xss-via-special-facetedsearch-cstate

Credits

๐Ÿ” arpitjain099