SemanticMediaWiki from 5.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ext.smw.tooltip.tippy.js that renders data-* attributes via innerHTML with allowHTML enabled. Editors can plant a .smw-highlighter span with a malicious data-content, data-title, data-top, data-bottom, or data-theme attribute to execute JavaScript when viewers, including administrators, hover it.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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| Description | SemanticMediaWiki from 5.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ext.smw.tooltip.tippy.js that renders data-* attributes via innerHTML with allowHTML enabled. Editors can plant a .smw-highlighter span with a malicious data-content, data-title, data-top, data-bottom, or data-theme attribute to execute JavaScript when viewers, including administrators, hover it. | |
| Title | SemanticMediaWiki 5.0.0 before 7.3.1 Stored XSS via Tooltip Module data-* Attributes | |
| First Time appeared |
Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:semantic-mediawiki:semantic_mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* | |
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Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-27T10:26:46.790Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T01:01:43.272Z
Link: CVE-2026-116884
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-27T11:17:30.700
Modified: 2026-10-27T11:17:30.700
Link: CVE-2026-116884
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