What is CVE-2019-12742?

CVE-2019-12742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bludit, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-12742?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Bludit

CVE-2019-12742

Bludit prior to 3.9.1 allows a non-privileged user to change the password of any account, including admin. This occurs because of bl-kernel/admin/controllers/user-password.php Insecure Direct Object Reference (a modified username POST parameter).

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Bludit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12742?: CVE-2019-12742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bludit, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-12742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.