CVE-2011-2978

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.16, 2.16-rc1, 2.16.1, 2.16.2, 2.16.3, 2.16.4 (+123)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
http://www.osvdb.org/74301
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036
http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
http://www.osvdb.org/74301
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042

Get alerted when CVE-2011-2978 or the next vulnerability affects your stack