CVE-2012-6080

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.

Published: 2013-01-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-6080 is rated Moderate Risk (59.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.02%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6080

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.53% 4.02% +2.49%
2 2025-03-30 2.87% 1.53% -1.34%
3 2025-03-29 2.87%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6080

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6080

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-6080

GHSA-v33q-2xcj-4f3m · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — MoinMoin Directory Traversal vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6080

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2012-6080: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-14), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/moinmoin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-6080
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6080 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moin), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6080

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6080

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmo moinmoin 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moinmo moinmoin 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moinmo moinmoin 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6080

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