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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12468

An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1. Directly POSTing to Special:ChangeEmail would allow...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 mediawiki

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.31.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 mediawiki

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.31.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 mediawiki

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.31.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org