CVE-2026-100240

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-29. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.

This issue affects Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension: from * before 1.46.1, 1.45.5, 1.43.10.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
56
EG Risk 56/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
20th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

October 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Oct 1, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

⚓ T407974 CVE-2026-100240: Extension:TemplateSandbox does not check for authorizeRead for the page being previewed

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407974

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-100240(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-03 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-03 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-03 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-03 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-02 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-02 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-02 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-02 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-02 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-02 04:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-02 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-02 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-10-01 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-01 18:21 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.10
  24. 2026-10-01 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 18:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
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  1. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-29 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-29 17:24 UTCNVD update
  4. 2026-09-29 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-29 16:28 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-100240?
CVE-2026-100240 is a critical vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension: from * before 1.46.1, 1.45.5, 1.43.10.
When was CVE-2026-100240 disclosed?
CVE-2026-100240 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on October 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-100240 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-100240 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (20th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-100240?
CVE-2026-100240 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-100240?
No fix for CVE-2026-100240 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-100240 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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