UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12468

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12468

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12468.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12468

Upstream

CVE-2019-12468

Published

2019-07-10T15:15:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:45:26Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mediawiki

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.27.3-1

1:1.27.4-1

1:1.27.4-2

1:1.27.4-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        }
    ]
}