Vulnerability in moin (CVE-2012-4404)

Summary

vulnerability in moin (CVE-2012-4404). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.9.5` or later.

AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2

A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2012-4404** has been found in moin. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10. What to do: upgrade moin to **1.9.5** or later. If unsure, ask your IT team or search "moin CVE-2012-4404" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2012-4404 (moin) — Patched: `1.9.5` — apply immediately Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs. Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in moin.

📍 Affected scope

moin — .

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure

🔧 How to fix

Update to **1.9.5**.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'moin' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response Actions (7 steps)

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'moin' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `moin` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
6
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade moin to 1.9.5
```
ステージング環境で 1.9.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
7
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

PyPI moin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.9"},{"fixed":"1.9.5"}]}]

References

advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2538
advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/50496
advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/50474
advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1604-1
advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/50885
advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4mx-rm5q-vh24
web http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7b9f39289e16
web http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/2
web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/04/4