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, query debug output (format=debug, or the debug request parameter on Special:Ask) is assembled by SMW\Query\DebugFormatter and emitted as raw HTML. Several of its sinks apply no output-context encoding, so attacker-controlled query input is reflected into the page without escaping. On Special:Ask the resulting string is concatenated into the page and sent through OutputPage::addHTML, never through the MediaWiki parser or Sanitizer. No special user right is required; an anonymous request suffices. This is a reflected XSS: the payload is taken from the request and echoed in the same response. Exploitation requires the query condition to target a text/blob-typed property (whose value is re-serialized verbatim); the predefined _txt properties (Text, etc.) that ship on every install satisfy this, so no attacker-created content is needed. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.
CVE-2026-77610
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 84% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 28(Track)EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 16%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 18, 2026
Last Modified
September 24, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026SMW 7.2.0
Patch available: SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki 7.2.0
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.2.0Query debug output XSS (`DebugFormatter`) · Advisory · SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki · GitHub
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fm-9mx6-44f4Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-77610(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki | 1.9 ... 7.1.0 (78 versions) | 7.2.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× 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.
- 2026-09-24 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-22 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-21 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-21 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-19 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
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Same product
7 shownPackagist:mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki
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