CVE-2012-6080
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a ..
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a file name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.05% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- moinmo/moinmoin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/3c27131a3c52Patch
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixesVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51663Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51676Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51696Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57076
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/3c27131a3c52Patch
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixesVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51663Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51676Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51696Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57076
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.