CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-116876

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows ordinary editors to permanently protect pages by adding an Is edit protected annotation. When $smwgEditProtectionRight is enabled, EditProtectionUpdater applies indefinite edit and move restrictions without checking the author's rights, locking other editors and administrators out.

Risk Assessment

Editors can lock other editors and administrators out of modifying pages, causing workflow disruption and potential content management paralysis.

Recommendation

Update Semantic MediaWiki to version 7.3.1 or later. Verify that Is edit protected annotations are properly controlled.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Semantic MediaWiki from 2.5.0 before 7.3.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows ordinary editors to permanently protect pages by adding an Is edit protected annotation. When $smwgEditProtectionRight is enabled, EditProtectionUpdater applies indefinite edit and move restrictions without checking the author's rights, locking other editors and administrators out.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS