{"id":"CVE-2026-116879","aliases":[],"title":"Semantic MediaWiki 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 Missing Authorization via smwtask Update Task","titleSource":"VulnCheck","descriptionSource":"VulnCheck","products":[{"vendor":"SemanticMediaWiki","name":"SemanticMediaWiki","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"7.3.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"7.3.1","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","source":"VulnCheck","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116879"}],"remediation":[],"description":"Semantic MediaWiki from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the smwtask update task that allows users with edit rights to force semantic updates on arbitrary pages. Attackers can supply a serialized subject parameter for a restricted page to trigger forced reparsing, semantic-store writes, and resource-intensive dependency work.","severity":"medium","score":6.9,"published":"2026-10-27T10:23:31.684Z","modified":"2026-10-27T10:26:43.410Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-6wrc-864f-6vqp","https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/commit/cba0541d1f931e5c5440a483790dd7c3dec1751d","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-7.3.0-before-7.3.1-missing-authorization-via-smwtask-update-task"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-116879","modified":"2026-10-27T10:26:43.410Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116879"}],"assessments":[{"source":"VulnCheck","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":6.9},{"source":"VulnCheck","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","score":5.4}],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T23:20:36.067Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}