CVE-2019-12470
Wikimedia MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control. Suppressed log in RevisionDelete page is exposed. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed in 1.27.6.
What to do
Find your product and version, then upgrade to the build on the right.
- Packagist mediawiki/coreAffected: ≥ 1.27.0, < 1.27.6Upgrade to: 1.27.6Stated by: GitHub advisory
- MediawikiAffected: < 1.27.6Upgrade to: 1.27.6Stated by: NVD
- Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/LinuxAffected: 9Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
- Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения MediaWikiAffected: до 1.27.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
- АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»Affected: до 16.01.2023Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
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What it is
From the CVE record
Wikimedia MediaWik exposed suppressed log in RevisionDelete page
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
1 source with a proof of concept or module.
Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in- EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 72nd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
The patch came 471 days before any public exploit.
- OpenVAS check added
- Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Scored 6.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12470
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12470
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