CVE-2019-12468

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-12468
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-07-10T15:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-306 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.27.0 1.32.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12468
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12468
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:33:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 23:05:35 2019-07-10T15:15Z 2019-07-10T15:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 23:05:35 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 23:05:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated