VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12468
An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.43% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.