MediaWiki Incorrect Access Control vulnerability
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated
Package
mediawiki/core
(Composer)
Affected versions
< 1.27.6
>= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2
>= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2
>= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2
Patched versions
1.27.6
1.30.2
1.31.2
1.32.2
Description
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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12467
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209794
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12467.yaml
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Last updated
Reviewed
Severity
Moderate
/ 10
CVSS v3 base metrics
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS score
(66th percentile)
Weaknesses
CVE ID
CVE-2019-12467
GHSA ID
GHSA-6vfg-8ppv-h5hg
Source code
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