CVE-2012-6330

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Published 2013-01-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

The localization functionality in TWiki before 5.1.3, and Foswiki 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer in a %MAKETEXT% macro.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-23580 remote unix verified

Metasploit · 2012-12-23

Foswiki MAKETEXT - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
twiki	twiki	`{"endIncluding":"5.1.2"}`
twiki	twiki	`5.1.0`
twiki	twiki	`5.1.1`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.0`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.1`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.2`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.3`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.4`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.0.10`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.0`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.1`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.2`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.3`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.4`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.5`
foswiki	foswiki	`1.1.6`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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