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Vulnerability details: VCID-brw1-z6vq-hbdc
Vulnerability ID VCID-brw1-z6vq-hbdc
Aliases CVE-2019-12472
GHSA-7mqg-5fgh-xh4r
Summary MediaWiki Incorrect Access Control vulnerability An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.18.0 through 1.32.1. It is possible to bypass the limits on IP range blocks ($wgBlockCIDRLimit) by using the API. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
System Score Found at
epss 0.00151 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12472
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12472.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12472.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199540
generic_textual HIGH https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199540
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12472
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11358
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12466
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12467
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12468
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12469
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12470
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12471
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12472
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12473
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12474
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12472.yaml
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199540
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12472.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12472
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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required

unchanged

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199540
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.36725
EPSS Score 0.00151
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:35.290326+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-7mqg-5fgh-xh4r/GHSA-7mqg-5fgh-xh4r.json 36.1.3