CVE-2026-116873 Semantic MediaWiki 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API run-joblist and update
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-116873?
CVE-2026-116873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SemanticMediaWiki, published on 27 Oct 2026.
Official description
Semantic MediaWiki from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the smwtask API module that allows unauthenticated attackers to run queued jobs and force store updates. Attackers can use the public anonymous CSRF token with run-joblist to execute arbitrary job types in unbounded counts, or invoke update on sysop-protected pages, leaking page titles and exhausting resources.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116873?
How do I fix CVE-2026-116873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-116873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fmrr-242f-45jx, GHSA-rjqv-6r83-pg8v.