GHSA-h252-mj7p-58q7: Semantic MediaWiki 2.4.0 before 7.4.1 Reflected XSS via Special:Ask Date Format

Published Nov 11, 2026
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Updated

Semantic MediaWiki 2.4.0 before 7.4.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in TimeValueFormatter::getCaptionFromFreeFormat(), which emits free-format date captions in HTML without escaping. Unauthenticated attackers can craft a Special:Ask URL with HTML markup in a date printout format (#-F[...]) to execute script in a logged-in victim's browser session.

Event History

Nov 11, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·02:35 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·02:35 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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