{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-77610", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-08-20T20:48:20.508Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-18T16:55:01.848Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-18T16:55:01.848Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Semantic MediaWiki has a query debug output XSS (`DebugFormatter`)", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-79", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 6.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fm-9mx6-44f4", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fm-9mx6-44f4"}, {"name": "https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.2.0", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/releases/tag/7.2.0"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "SemanticMediaWiki", "product": "SemanticMediaWiki", "versions": [{"version": "< 7.2.0", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-18T16:55:01.848Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-q5fm-9mx6-44f4", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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