CVE-2019-16394

Public Exploit

Description

SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 provides different error messages from the password-reminder page depending on whether an e-mail address exists, which might help attackers to enumerate subscribers.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 39.37% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory spip.net Vendor Advisory spip.net Vendor Advisory spip.net Vendor Advisory spip.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-CRITIQUE-de-securite-Sortie-de-SPIP-3-2-5-et-SPIP-3-1-11.html patch vendor advisory
https://core.spip.net/issues/4171 patch exploit vendor advisory issue tracking
https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117577/spip-zone patch vendor advisory
https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117578/spip-zone patch vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/40 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4532 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00038.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4536-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16394?
CVE-2019-16394 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16394?
To fix CVE-2019-16394, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-16394 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-16394 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~39% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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