CVE-2012-6495
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 18.71% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 May 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- moinmo/moinmoin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 18.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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/MoinMoinRelease1.9Vendor Advisory
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- 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/2012/12/29/6
- 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/7e7e1cbb9d3fExploit, Patch
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9Vendor Advisory
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- 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/2012/12/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
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