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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-12467

MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 3). A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

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CVE-2019-12467
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1 Nov 2026, 04:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-12467

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jul 2019, 15:15 UTC

MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 3). A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

osv:CVE-2019-12467
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12467",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-12467",
    "summary": "MediaWiki through 1.32.1 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 3). A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12467",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-12467",
        "GHSA-6vfg-8ppv-h5hg"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            "1.27.4",
            "1.27.3",
            "1.27.2",
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            "1.27.0-rc.1",
            "1.27.0-rc.0",
            "test-hashar-for-ci",
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            "1.5.0beta4",
            "1.5.0beta3",
            "1.5.0beta2",
            "1.5.0beta1",
            "1.5.0alpha2",
            "1.5.0alpha1",
            "1.3.0beta1",
            "1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.901070004Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460",
        "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209794"
      ],
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              }
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-12467",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429437,
  "published_at": "2019-07-10T15:15:12.307+00:00"
}