Semantic MediaWiki 4.2.0 before 7.3.1 Stored XSS via FacetedSearch Exploration Labels
Semantic MediaWiki from 4.2.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated profile or schema editors to inject HTML through FacetedSearch exploration-link labels. Attackers can store markup in the label, which ExploreListBuilder::buildHTML() passes unescaped to Html::rawElement(), altering the Special:FacetedSearch page and potentially running scripts in viewers' browsers.
- Products
- SemanticMediaWiki
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116882
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Semantic MediaWiki 4.2.0 before 7.3.1 Stored XSS via FacetedSearch Exploration Labels
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 27 Oct 2026, 10:23 UTC
Semantic MediaWiki from 4.2.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated profile or schema editors to inject HTML through FacetedSearch exploration-link labels. Attackers can store markup in the label, which ExploreListBuilder::buildHTML() passes unescaped to Html::rawElement(), altering the Special:FacetedSearch page and potentially running scripts in viewers' browsers.
cve:CVE-2026-116882
SemanticMediaWiki
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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