CVE-2026-116890 PUBLISHED

Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 27.10.2026 Published: 27.10.2026 Updated: 27.10.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	SemanticMediaWiki
Product	SemanticMediaWiki
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 3.0.0 to 7.3.0 (excl.) Version 7.3.0 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

Missing Authorization CWE