CVE-2019-12468

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    CVE-2019-12468

    Published: 10 Jul 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 758cd9d2371d529450448cdf7eb2f1f6e099cfee
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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