🛡️ CVE-2012-6081 — moin

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-434 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

MoinMoin Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-6081 is classified as CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. Uploads are accepted without restricting type, so an executable file can be placed where the server will run it.

Affected software

CVE-2012-6081 is recorded against 1 package.

  • moin (fixed in 1.9.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 26 September 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
hg.moinmo.in (Web)
moinmo.in (Web)
moinmo.in (Web)
ubuntu.com (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A
CWE CWE-434
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-09-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
moin — 1.9.6

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