CVE-2019-12468

Publication date 10 July 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mediawiki 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
25.10 questing
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:1.31.2-1
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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