CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-12468
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-07-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1. Directly POSTing to Special:ChangeEmail would allow for bypassing re-authentication, allowing for potential account takeover.
Affected configurations
• mediawiki mediawiki (>= 1.27.0 <= 1.32.1)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460 Third Party Advisory