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MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 does not allow extensions to prevent password changes without using both Special:PasswordReset and Special:ChangePassword, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of an extension that only implements one of these blocks

Published Nov 15, 2013

Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 does not allow extensions to prevent password changes without using both Special:PasswordReset and Special:ChangePassword, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of an extension that only implements one of these blocks.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

References (7)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 15, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 19, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a