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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-6495 · published 3 January 2013

CVE-2012-6495: Moinmoin path traversal vulnerability

Moinmo · Moinmoin

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.

6.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.0CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3f ExploitPatch
http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9 Vendor Advisory
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
http://secunia.com/advisories/51696 Vendor 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/7e7e1cbb9d3f ExploitPatch
http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.9 Vendor Advisory
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
http://secunia.com/advisories/51696 Vendor 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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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-6495), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.