Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run admin-only maintenance tasks. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token to read internal store statistics, enqueue jobs like smw.entityIdDisposer, and execute queued jobs, degrading performance and altering semantic data.
- Products
- SemanticMediaWiki
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116890
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 27 Oct 2026, 10:23 UTC
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the api.php smwtask module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run admin-only maintenance tasks. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token to read internal store statistics, enqueue jobs like smw.entityIdDisposer, and execute queued jobs, degrading performance and altering semantic data.
cve:CVE-2026-116890
SemanticMediaWiki
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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