MoinMoin Directory Traversal vulnerability

MEDIO 6.4CVE-2012-6080 · GHSA-v33q-2xcj-4f3m · PYSEC-2013-5 · Published 03/01/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moin PyPI	`≥ 1.9.3, < 1.9.6`	`1.9.6`
moinmoin moinmo	`= 1.9.3= 1.9.4= 1.9.5`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a file name.

NVD description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a file name.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6080 · ADVISORY
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/+bug/1094599 · WEB
moinwiki/moin · PACKAGE
pypa/advisory-database · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20130513231719/http://secunia.com/advisories/51663 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20151017045319/http://secunia.com/advisories/51696 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20151104192815/http://secunia.com/advisories/51676 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20200228145410/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57076 · WEB
hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/3c27131a3c52 · WEB
moinmo.in/SecurityFixes · WEB
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1680-1 · WEB
debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2593 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/6 · WEB
secunia.com/advisories/51663 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/51676 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/51696 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/57076
GitHub Advisory GHSA-v33q-2xcj-4f3m · ADVISORY

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