Answer in brief
CVE-2026-126563 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Semantic MediaWiki 2.4.0 before 7.4.1 Reflected XSS via Special:Ask Date Format. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWikigeneric | >=2.4.0 <7.4.1 | 7.4.1 |
Published upstream
Nov 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 11, 2026
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.
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