{"id":"CVE-2026-116873","title":"Semantic MediaWiki 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API run-joblist and update","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"SemanticMediaWiki","product":"SemanticMediaWiki","affected":["SemanticMediaWiki >= 7.3.0 < 7.3.1"],"published":"2026-10-27","updated":"2026-10-27","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-27T10:26:39.462Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116873","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-rjqv-6r83-pg8v","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-rjqv-6r83-pg8v)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-7.3.0-missing-authorization-via-smwtask-api-run-joblist-and-update","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Semantic MediaWiki 7.3.0 Missing Authorization via smwtask API run-joblist and update"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-27T16:11:59.281Z","slug":"CVE-2026-116873","body":"## Overview\n\nSemantic 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `SemanticMediaWiki >= 7.3.0 < 7.3.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}