CVE-2026-116876highCWE-862

CVE-2026-116876: high-severity vulnerability in SemanticMediaWiki

Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 Missing Authorization via Is edit protected

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.1epss 0.2%
Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows ordinary editors to permanently protect pages by adding an Is edit protected annotation. When $smwgEditProtectionRight is enabled, EditProtectionUpdater applies indefinite edit and move restrictions without checking the author's rights, locking other editors and administrators out.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
SemanticMediaWiki · SemanticMediaWiki
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