CVE-2026-77609 PUBLISHED

Semantic MediaWiki has an open redirect in Special:URIResolver

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.08.2026 Published: 18.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

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, Special:URIResolver resolves its user-controlled subpage to a MediaWiki title and issues an HTTP 303 redirect to $title->getFullURL() without validating the resolved target. A crafted subpage can make that target point off-host: an interwiki prefix redirects to the foreign wiki (for example Special:URIResolver/mw-3AFoo, which decodes to mw:Foo, redirects to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Foo), and where the resolved URL carries an authority the target can even embed user:pass@host credentials. The result is an open redirect to an attacker-influenced host, usable for phishing from a trusted wiki URL. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor SemanticMediaWiki
Product SemanticMediaWiki
Versions
  • Version < 7.2.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') CWE