CVE-2019-19709

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 11, 2019 at 01:33 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMediaWiki

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

MediaWiki through 1.33.1 allows attackers to bypass the Title_blacklist protection mechanism by starting with an arbitrary title, establishing a non-resolvable redirect for the associated page, and using redirect=1 in the action API when editing that page.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239466
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/48
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4592

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-601

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