Multiple vulnerabilities in MoinMoin



| Updated: 2020-08-11
Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2012-6080
CVE-2012-6082
CWE-ID CWE-22
CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 MoinMoin
Web applications / CMS

Vendor MoinMoin

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU43216

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6080

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in a file name.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

MoinMoin: 1.9.3 - 1.9.5

CPE2.3 External links

https://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/3c27131a3c52
https://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
https://secunia.com/advisories/51663
https://secunia.com/advisories/51676
https://secunia.com/advisories/51696
https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1
https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/6
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57076
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU43217

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6082

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in the rsslink function in theme/__init__.py in MoinMoin 1.9.5 when processing page name in a rss link. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

MoinMoin: 1.9.5

CPE2.3 External links

https://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/c98ec456e493
https://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
https://secunia.com/advisories/51663
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/7
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/5
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57089


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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