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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API | |
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Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:semantic-mediawiki:semantic_mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* | |
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Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-10-27T10:23:39.191Z
Updated: 2026-10-27T14:12:54.564Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T01:01:43.272Z
Link: CVE-2026-116890
Updated: 2026-10-27T13:46:27.244Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-10-27T11:17:31.533
Modified: 2026-11-03T16:23:30.600
Link: CVE-2026-116890
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