UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12471

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12471

    Published: 10 Jul 2019Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-12471

    Summary:

    Details: Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.30.0 through 1.32.1 has XSS. Loading user JavaScript from a non-existent account allows anyone to create the account, and perform XSS on users loading that script. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12471, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207603, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12471

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.27.4-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:1.27.3-1
    1:1.27.4-1
    1:1.27.4-2
    1:1.27.4-3

    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