CVE-2026-77610
MediumCVSS 6.1Summary
Prior to version 7.2.0, query debug output (format=debug or the 'debug' parameter on Special:Ask) in Semantic MediaWiki is assembled as raw HTML without proper output-context encoding, leading to reflected XSS.
Risk Assessment
An anonymous attacker can send a crafted request that causes script execution in the victim's browser, potentially enabling session hijacking or other malicious actions.
Recommendation
Upgrade Semantic MediaWiki to version 7.2.0, which contains the fix.
Other vulnerabilities in Semantic MediaWiki
See all- CVE-2026-77616Medium
Semantic MediaWiki versions 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 contain a reflected XSS vulnerability in Special:Ask. The 'cursor' parameter is unsigned and fully attacker-controlled; insufficient validation leads to raw HTML injection into the page.
- CVE-2026-77609Medium
Prior to version 7.2.0, Semantic MediaWiki's Special:URIResolver redirects to a URL derived from the subpage without validating the target, allowing an open redirect to an off-host destination, potentially embedding credentials.
- CVE-2026-77608Medium
Prior to version 7.2.0, Semantic MediaWiki reflects the 'value' parameter in rendered output and error messaging paths without sufficient output-context encoding, allowing reflected XSS.
- CVE-2026-77607Medium
Prior to version 7.2.0, Semantic MediaWiki inserts the separator (parameter 'sep') verbatim into HTML cell joins, allowing HTML injection and potentially XSS.
- CVE-2026-77606Medium
Prior to version 7.2.0, when headers=plain is set, Semantic MediaWiki emits table header text into <th> via a raw HTML path. User-controlled 'mainlabel' content can become executable HTML.
- CVE-2025-61682High
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.
Original NVD description (English source)
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, query debug output (`format=debug`, or the `debug` request parameter on `Special:Ask`) is assembled by `SMW\Query\DebugFormatter` and emitted as raw HTML. Several of its sinks apply no output-context encoding, so attacker-controlled query input is reflected into the page without escaping. On `Special:Ask` the resulting string is concatenated into the page and sent through `OutputPage::addHTML`, never through the MediaWiki parser or Sanitizer. No special user right is required; an anonymous request suffices. This is a reflected XSS: the payload is taken from the request and echoed in the same response. Exploitation requires the query condition to target a text/blob-typed property (whose value is re-serialized verbatim); the predefined `_txt` properties (`Text`, etc.) that ship on every install satisfy this, so no attacker-created content is needed. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.