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CVE-2011-2978
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 74301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 45501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- bugzilla-account-sec-bypass(69036) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 49042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .