What is CVE-2019-12469?

CVE-2019-12469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-12469?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mediawiki

CVE-2019-12469

MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control. Suppressed username or log in Special:EditTags are exposed. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12469?: CVE-2019-12469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-12469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.