CVE-2012-6495 EXPLOIT
6.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.7% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) twikidraw (action/twikidraw.py) and (2) anywikidraw (action/anywikidraw.py) actions in MoinMoin before 1.9.6 allow remote authenticated users with write permissions to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-6081 to execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 18.71% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-01-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| moinmo | moinmoin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MoinMoin - twikidraw Action Traversal Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) | 2013-06-24 |
| exploit-db | MoinMoin - Arbitrary Command Execution | 2013-05-08 |
References
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3f
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51696
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3f
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51696
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
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