CVE-2012-6330 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting TWiki before version 5.1.3 and Foswiki versions 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6. Attackers can exploit a flaw in the localization functionality by injecting a large integer into a %MAKETEXT% macro, leading to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit module for Metasploit exists (EDB-23580), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foswiki:foswiki:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foswiki:foswiki:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.