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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2946)
- Published
- August 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45501(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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