CVE-2019-12468 — Vulnetix

CVE-2019-12468 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.51% · 66.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.51%

66.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	mediawiki	1:1.27.4-1, 1:1.27.4-2, 1:1.27.4-3

Exploit Intelligence

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/ (circl)
DSA-4460 (circl)
20190612 [SECURITY] [DSA 4460-1] mediawiki security update (circl)
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 (circl)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html (circl)

Timeline

Jul 10, 2019 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12468 third-party-advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html third-party-advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197279 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12468 third-party-advisory

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