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CVE-2019-12468

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.

Published

2019-07-10T15:15:12.430

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:22:55.020

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-306

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	≤ 1.32.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)