Critical severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-25784
bluespice/wiki container: Insecure default configuration of service token authentication allows privilege escalation to sysop
New
9.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default vulnerability in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice (container image bluespice/wiki) allows privilege escalation. The default value of $mwsgTokenAuthenticatorServiceCIDR in the container's LocalSettings.php was intended to restrict internal service authentication to the container network, but evaluated to an empty string when the environment variable WIKI_SERVICE_TOKEN_AUTH_ALLOWED was not set. An empty value disables the IP restriction in the token authenticator component (mwstake/mediawiki-component-token-authenticator). As a result, any user with read access to the wiki (anonymous users on publicly readable wikis) could obtain an application token from the REST API and use it to get a session with sysop privileges as the internal service user.
This issue affects BlueSpice: from 5.2.3 before 5.2.7, and the 5.2.7 container images published before 2026-10-19 15:37 UTC.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BL
BlueSpice · Hallo Welt! GmbH
5.2.3 before 5.2.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25784
en.wiki.bluespice.com
https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Security:Security_Advisories/BSSA-2026-07
github.com
https://github.com/hallowelt/docker-bluespice-wiki/commit/04b840be565b508f6e741c376970909b69d2a444
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