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CVE-2012-6495

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6495 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the twikidraw and anywikidraw actions of MoinMoin wiki software prior to version 1.9.6. This flaw allows remote authenticated users with write permissions to overwrite arbitrary files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution when chained with CVE-2012-6081. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector over the network, medium complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, including a Metasploit module, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26422 · Jun 24, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1856 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: MoinFixed in: 1.9.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-6gx4-29v9-g9q5medium

MoinMoin Multiple vulnerable to directory traversal

May 17, 2022

References

hg.moinmo.in / moin/1.9/rev/7e7e1cbb9d3f
ExploitPatch
moinmo.in / MoinMoinRelease1.9
Vendor Advisory
moinmo.in / SecurityFixes
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599
secunia.com / advisories/51696
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1680-1
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2593
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/4