CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460 Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-07-10 03:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-12468

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12468

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-306