SB2013010305 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MoinMoin

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SB2013010305 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MoinMoin

Published: January 3, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013010305
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6080)

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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6082)

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.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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