# CVE-2026-116875: SemanticMediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 Reflected XSS via Special:Ask Separator Parameters

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-27. Updated: 2026-11-04.

SemanticMediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Special:Ask, which outputs separator parameters (sep, propsep, valuesep, delim, separator) without HTML escaping in list, category, DSV, and CSV result printers. Unauthenticated attackers can send victims crafted Special:Ask links using request_type=raw or request_type=special_page to execute JavaScript in the wiki's origin, stealing sessions or CSRF tokens.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- SemanticMediaWiki / SemanticMediaWiki: ≥ 3.0.0; < 7.3.1 (affected, semver); 7.3.1 (unaffected, semver). Source: CNA: VulnCheck

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:semantic-mediawiki:semantic_mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "7.3.1",
            "versionStartIncluding": "3.0.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 3.1: 6.1 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X; source: NVD: disclosure@vulncheck.com

- CVSS 3.1: 6.1 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: NVD: disclosure@vulncheck.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.17% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 6.90%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-79

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (ADP: CISA-ADP)
- exploit: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
- exploit: https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

## References

- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (CNA: VulnCheck; vendor-advisory)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semanticmediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.1-reflected-xss-via-special-ask-separator-parameters (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (ADP: CISA-ADP; exploit)

- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (disclosure@vulncheck.com; Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semanticmediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.1-reflected-xss-via-special-ask-separator-parameters (disclosure@vulncheck.com; Third Party Advisory)

- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2c-r7rx-frc8 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0; Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulnCheck: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116875; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116875; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116875; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated Not reported

Revision: 67a33840b39b4e378debd13aa31ed821733a269d703e7d61d692aa91fdc9145b

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