CVE-2012-6081
Multiple unrestricted file upload 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 execute arbitrary code…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Multiple unrestricted file upload 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 execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory, as exploited in the wild in July 2012.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 35.35% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 May 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- moinmo/moinmoin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 35.3% on 26 September 2026 to 35.3% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3fExploit, Patch
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9
- 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.exploit-db.com/exploits/25304
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57082
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3fExploit, Patch
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9
- 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.exploit-db.com/exploits/25304
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57082
- 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.