CVE-2026-116884

medium

Description

SemanticMediaWiki from 5.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ext.smw.tooltip.tippy.js that renders data-* attributes via innerHTML with allowHTML enabled. Editors can plant a .smw-highlighter span with a malicious data-content, data-title, data-top, data-bottom, or data-theme attribute to execute JavaScript when viewers, including administrators, hover it.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semanticmediawiki-5.0.0-before-7.3.1-stored-xss-via-tooltip-module-data-attributes

https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4wj6-wmjp-pmhh

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-110712

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-27

Updated: 2026-10-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Severity: Medium