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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-6330 · published 4 January 2013

CVE-2012-6330: Twiki vulnerability

Twiki · Twiki

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 36% · top 1.6% CWE-189 · CWE-189
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-6330), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.