CVE-2019-12468 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-10T14:58:15

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:24:37.085Z

Reserved: 2019-05-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-12468

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-10T15:15:12.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:55.020

Link: CVE-2019-12468

Redhat

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