Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-116892 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116892 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-116892?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 27 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SemanticMediaWiki 3.1.0 before 7.3.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116892?
- Yes: fixed in 7.3.1. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-116892 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-116892?
- Check whether you run SemanticMediaWiki at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 7.3.1
Technical details
A reflected XSS vulnerability in ProfileForm::profile_sheet fails to escape the search query parameter before rendering it into an HTML pre element. The ProfileForm component uses Html::rawElement with attacker-controlled $query containing SVG with event handlers, which are interpreted as markup rather than text. The vulnerability only affects wikis where the administrator has explicitly enabled $wgSearchType = ExtendedSearchEngine and requires no authentication or user interaction beyond visiting a crafted URL.
Affected products
- SemanticMediaWiki SemanticMediaWiki 3.1.0 before 7.3.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-28: disclosed
- 2026-10-27: advisory