Multiple vulnerabilities in MoinMoin

Published: 2013-01-03 | 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 Subscribe	MoinMoin Web applications / CMS
Vendor	MoinMoin

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU43216

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

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

External links

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

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

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.