=3.0.0, <7.3.0

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki to version 7.3.0 or higher.

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Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MEDIAWIKISEMANTICMEDIAWIKI-20158825
published27 Sept 2026
disclosed18 Sept 2026
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Introduced: 18 Sep 2026

CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki to version 7.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the smwtask API module, which lacks proper authorization checks. An attacker can access internal database statistics, enqueue and execute maintenance jobs, and modify stored semantic data by sending unauthenticated API requests.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)
Network
Attack Complexity (AC)
Low
Attack Requirements (AT)
None
Privileges Required (PR)
None
User Interaction (UI)
None

Confidentiality (VC)
Low
Integrity (VI)
Low
Availability (VA)
Low

Confidentiality (SC)
None
Integrity (SI)
None
Availability (SA)
None