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Semantic MediaWiki affected by reflected XSS in `Special:Ask` via a forged cursor pagination token

CVSS 3.1 6.1 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-77616

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Semantic MediaWiki is a free, open-source extension to MediaWiki that lets users store and query data within the wiki's pages. In versions 7.0.0 through 7.1.0, `Special:Ask` accepts a `cursor` query parameter for keyset pagination (added in 7.0.0). The token is decoded by `CursorEncoder`, which is an **unsigned** base64url-encoded JSON blob, so its contents are fully attacker-controlled. When the cursor's sort anchor does not match the request's `sort=` / `order=`, `QueryCreator::applyCursorIfRequested()` builds an error message by interpolating the attacker-controlled `sort_prop` / `sort_order` values into a raw string via `Query::addErrors()`. Unlike SMW's message-key errors, this raw string bypasses the message layer's sanitization (`ProcessingErrorMsgHandler::normalizeAndDecodeMessages()` passes a non-key, non-encoded string through unchanged). `ErrorWidget::queryError()` then assembles the errors and passes them to `Html::errorBox()`, whose first argument is emitted as raw HTML. The result is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability: a crafted `cursor` token containing markup in `sort_prop` (or `sort_order`) executes script in the victim's browser on the wiki origin. No authentication or special permission is required. The payload is delivered via a crafted link. Version 7.2.0 contains a fix.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-77616

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SemanticMediaWiki

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{
                    "vendor": "SemanticMediaWiki",
                    "product": "SemanticMediaWiki",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": ">= 7.0.0, < 7.2.0",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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