CVE-2019-12742

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Bludit prior to 3.9.1 allows a non-privileged user to change the password of any account, including admin. This occurs because of bl-kernel/admin/controllers/user-password.php Insecure Direct Object Reference (a modified username POST parameter).

Affected products

Bludit: before 3.9.1 — fixed in 3.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bludit 3.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/bludit/bludit/commit/a1bb333153fa8ba29a88cfba423d810f509a2b37
https://github.com/bludit/bludit/releases/tag/3.9.1
https://github.com/bludit/bludit/commit/a1bb333153fa8ba29a88cfba423d810f509a2b37
https://github.com/bludit/bludit/releases/tag/3.9.1

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