CVE-2019-12473
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Wikimedia Potential DOS due to slow WatchedItemStore::countVisitingWatchersMultiple
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.31.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.31.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.31.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.31.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.31.2-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | >=1.27.0,<1.27.6 | 1.27.6 |
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | >=1.30.0,<1.30.2 | 1.30.2 |
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | >=1.31.0,<1.31.2 | 1.31.2 |
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | >=1.32.0,<1.32.2 | 1.32.2 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12473
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12473
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12473.yaml
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.