GHSA-JR78-W6W5-M8F8 Semantic MediaWiki'a missing authorization in the smwtask API module allows unauthenticated access to admin-only maintenance tasks

Summary The api.php?action=smwtask API module performs no authorization check. The equivalent maintenance interface in the web UI Special:SMWAdmin requires the smw-admin right, but the API module that backs several of the same operations enforces nothing. An unauthenticated visitor can therefore...

Semantic MediaWiki'a missing authorization in the smwtask API module allows unauthenticated access to admin-only maintenance tasks

Summary The api.php?action=smwtask API module performs no authorization check. The equivalent maintenance interface in the web UI Special:SMWAdmin requires the smw-admin right, but the API module that backs several of the same operations enforces nothing. An unauthenticated visitor can therefore...

Missing Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the smwtask API module, which lacks proper authorization checks. An attacker can access internal database statistics, enqueue and execute maintenance jobs, and modify stored semantic data by sending...

PT-2026-102291

Summary The api.php?action=smwtask API module performs no authorization check. The equivalent maintenance interface in the web UI Special:SMWAdmin requires the smw-admin right, but the API module that backs several of the same operations enforces nothing. An unauthenticated visitor can therefore...