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CVE-2019-12468

critical

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-07-10

Updated: 2020-08-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00423