CVE-2019-12468
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.3% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.33% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-306 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-07-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| mediawiki | mediawiki |
References
- 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
- 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
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