CVE-2012-6330

Published: Jan 4, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

twiki twiki

Mixed

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

foswiki foswiki

On-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

n/a n/a

twikioss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins

foswikioss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka foswiki.org

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695

sourceforge.net

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329

twiki.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950

securityfocus.com

Timeline

Published

Jan 4, 2013

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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