CVE-2019-12467 - Improper Access Control

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 3). A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 3). A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-07-10 15:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-07-16 13:28:00

Affected Software

Mediawiki

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html

Third Party Advisory

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209794

Patch, Third Party Advisory

20190612 [SECURITY] [DSA 4460-1] mediawiki security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

DSA-4460

Third Party Advisory

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