{"id":"CVE-2012-6330","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6330","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:22.332Z","title":"The localization functionality in TWiki before 5.1.3, and Foswiki 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer in a %MAKETEXT% macro.","description":"The localization functionality in TWiki before 5.1.3, and Foswiki 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer in a %MAKETEXT% macro.","published":"2013-01-04T21:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:48:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-189"],"affected":["twiki/twiki","foswiki/foswiki"],"epss":{"score":0.35701,"percentile":0.9845,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-12-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":23580,"kind":"exploit","title":"Foswiki MAKETEXT - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23580","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/remote/23580.rb","file":"exploits/unix/remote/23580.rb","published":"2012-12-23","added":"2012-12-23","updated":"2012-12-23","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-6330","OSVDB-88410","CVE-2012-6329"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6330","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}