CVE-2026-77609

Semantic MediaWiki has an open redirect in Special:URIResolver

Published Sep 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Semantic MediaWiki is a free, open-source extension to MediaWiki that lets users store and query data within the wiki's pages. Prior to version 7.2.0, `Special:URIResolver` resolves its user-controlled subpage to a MediaWiki title and issues an HTTP 303 redirect to `$title->getFullURL()` without validating the resolved target. A crafted subpage can make that target point off-host: an interwiki prefix redirects to the foreign wiki (for example `Special:URIResolver/mw-3AFoo`, which decodes to `mw:Foo`, redirects to `https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Foo`), and where the resolved URL carries an authority the target can even embed `user:pass@host` credentials. The result is an open redirect to an attacker-influenced host, usable for phishing from a trusted wiki URL. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hw3m-8j5x-94ff Semantic MediaWiki has an open redirect in Special:URIResolver
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
Vendors & Products Semantic-mediawiki
Semantic-mediawiki semantic Mediawiki
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Description Semantic MediaWiki is a free, open-source extension to MediaWiki that lets users store and query data within the wiki's pages. Prior to version 7.2.0, `Special:URIResolver` resolves its user-controlled subpage to a MediaWiki title and issues an HTTP 303 redirect to `$title->getFullURL()` without validating the resolved target. A crafted subpage can make that target point off-host: an interwiki prefix redirects to the foreign wiki (for example `Special:URIResolver/mw-3AFoo`, which decodes to `mw:Foo`, redirects to `https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Foo`), and where the resolved URL carries an authority the target can even embed `user:pass@host` credentials. The result is an open redirect to an attacker-influenced host, usable for phishing from a trusted wiki URL. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.
Title Semantic MediaWiki has an open redirect in Special:URIResolver
Weaknesses CWE-601
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 22, 2026, 3:01 PM
Reserved
Aug 20, 2026, 8:48 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 18, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Sep 24, 2026, 9:22 PM