Path traversal in MoinMoin - CVE-2012-6080
Published: January 3, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43216
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MoinMoin
Affected software:
MoinMoin
MoinMoin
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6080
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- 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
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599