{"id":"CVE-2026-77607","aliases":["EUVD-2026-83181","GHSA-7xv3-gf2g-498h"],"status":"published","title":"Semantic MediaWiki affected by Special:Ask table `sep` parameter reflected XSS","description":"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, `sep` was inserted verbatim into HTML cell joins. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00283,"percentile":0.20942,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-09-18T16:50:01Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:33Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki","fixed_in":["7.2.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.1.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.0"}]}],"versions":["1.9","1.9-RC1","1.9.0.1","1.9.0.2","1.9.1","1.9.1.1","1.9.2","1.9beta1","2.0","2.0-RC1","2.0-RC2","2.0-RC3","2.1.0","2.1.0-RC1","2.1.1","2.1.2","2.1.3","2.2.0","2.2.0-RC1","2.2.1","2.2.2","2.2.3","2.3.0","2.3.0-RC1","2.3.1","2.4.0","2.4.0-RC1","2.4.1","2.4.2","2.4.3","2.4.4","2.4.5","2.4.6","2.5.0","2.5.0-rc.1","2.5.1","2.5.2","2.5.3","2.5.4","2.5.5","2.5.6","2.5.7","2.5.8","3.0.0","3.0.0-rc.1","3.0.0-rc.2","3.0.1","3.0.2","3.1.0","3.1.0-rc.1","3.1.1","3.1.2","3.1.3","3.1.4","3.1.5","3.1.6","3.2.0","3.2.0-rc.1","3.2.0-rc.2","3.2.1","3.2.2","3.2.3","4.0.0","4.0.1","4.0.2","4.1.0","4.1.1","4.1.2","4.1.3","4.2.0","5.0.0","5.0.1","5.0.2","5.1.0","6.0.0","6.0.1","7.0.0","7.1.0"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"semanticmediawiki","product":"semanticmediawiki"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7xv3-gf2g-498h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.2.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xv3-gf2g-498h"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/77xxx/CVE-2026-77607.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77607","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-77607","title":"Semantic MediaWiki affected by Special:Ask table `sep` parameter reflected XSS","description":"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, `sep` was inserted verbatim into HTML cell joins. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T16:51:10.125Z","modified":"2026-09-18T19:55:00.589Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:15.712761Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-83181","description":"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, `sep` was inserted verbatim into HTML cell joins. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T16:51:10Z","modified":"2026-09-18T19:55:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:06.992666Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7xv3-gf2g-498h","title":"Semantic MediaWiki affected by Special:Ask table `sep` parameter reflected XSS","description":"#### Failure mode\n\n`sep` was inserted verbatim into the HTML that joins a table cell's values. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. The same unsanitised table HTML is produced both for the standard `Special:Ask` render and for its raw request output (`request_type=raw`), so the injection was reachable without authentication.\n\n#### Remediation\n\n- In all non-wiki output modes (HTML, raw request, file), `sep` is escaped unless it is a safe `\u003cbr\u003e` variant.\n- This preserves legitimate line-break separators while blocking markup injection.\n\n#### Maintenance note\n\nIf the table renderer ever gains richer separator semantics, keep the whitelist explicit. Do not expand the allowed HTML surface casually.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T16:50:01Z","modified":"2026-09-18T16:50:02Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:18.357514Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-77607","description":"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, `sep` was inserted verbatim into HTML cell joins. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T17:17:00.98Z","modified":"2026-09-23T18:12:04.247Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:50.043898Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-77607","title":"Semantic MediaWiki affected by Special:Ask table `sep` parameter reflected XSS","description":"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, `sep` was inserted verbatim into HTML cell joins. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T16:51:10.125Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:33.788088138Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:17.44708Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7xv3-gf2g-498h","title":"Semantic MediaWiki affected by Special:Ask table `sep` parameter reflected XSS","description":"#### Failure mode\n\n`sep` was inserted verbatim into the HTML that joins a table cell's values. This made it possible to inject HTML through the separator value. The same unsanitised table HTML is produced both for the standard `Special:Ask` render and for its raw request output (`request_type=raw`), so the injection was reachable without authentication.\n\n#### Remediation\n\n- In all non-wiki output modes (HTML, raw request, file), `sep` is escaped unless it is a safe `\u003cbr\u003e` variant.\n- This preserves legitimate line-break separators while blocking markup injection.\n\n#### Maintenance note\n\nIf the table renderer ever gains richer separator semantics, keep the whitelist explicit. Do not expand the allowed HTML surface casually.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T16:50:01Z","modified":"2026-09-18T17:00:04.982447202Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.732368Z"}]}}