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CVE-2012-6080: MoinMoin Directory Traversal vulnerability

May 17, 2022 (updated September 26, 2024)

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.

References

  • bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-v33q-2xcj-4f3m
  • github.com/moinwiki/moin
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2013-5.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6080
  • web.archive.org/web/20130513231719/http://secunia.com/advisories/51663
  • web.archive.org/web/20151017045319/http://secunia.com/advisories/51696
  • web.archive.org/web/20151104192815/http://secunia.com/advisories/51676
  • web.archive.org/web/20200228145410/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57076

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.9.3 before 1.9.6

Fixed versions

  • 1.9.6

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.6 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/moin/CVE-2012-6080.yml

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