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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2019-07-10 08:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-12468

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12468

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mediawiki

mediawiki

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