Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-77608Semantic MediaWiki has reflected XSS in `Special:SearchByProperty` (`property` and `value` parameters)

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SemanticMediaWiki from SemanticMediaWiki. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Semantic MediaWiki is a free, open-source extension to MediaWiki that lets users store and query data within the wiki's pages. Prior to version 7.2.0, when the `value` parameter was reflected back into rendered output and error messaging paths without enough output-context encoding. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki	7.2.0	GHSA-59xw-qv23-j3rc

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SemanticMediaWiki	SemanticMediaWiki	< 7.2.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-59xw-qv23-j3rc x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.2.0 x_refsource_MISC