Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2026· Updated Sep 18, 2026
Semantic MediaWiki has reflected XSS in Special:Ask plain table headers
CVE-2026-77606
Description
Failure mode
When headers=plain, table header text was emitted into ` via a raw HTML path. User-controlled mainlabel` content could therefore become executable HTML.
Remediation
TableResultPrinternow applies output-context escaping before passing plain headers to the table renderer.- The fix is limited to the HTML/plain-header branch so safe rendering modes are unaffected.
Why this is the right layer
The header value is not a structural token; it is display data. Sanitizing it at the sink is correct because the renderer owns the final HTML emission.
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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