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CVE-2011-2978

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
09/08/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, 3.4.x before 3.4.12, 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.6, 3.7.x, 4.0.x before 4.0.2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 does not prevent changes to the confirmation e-mail address (aka old_email field) for e-mail change notifications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform arbitrary address changes by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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