PT-2008-3463 · Moinmoin · Moinmoin

Published 2008-04-24 · Updated 2022-05-01 · CVE-2008-1937

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MoinMoin versions prior to 1.6.3

Description The issue is related to the user form processing in MoinMoin, specifically in the userform.py module. When Access Control Lists (ACLs) or a non-empty superusers list are used, the software does not properly manage users. This allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.3, update to version 1.6.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1937

GHSA-RQXP-6926-HPHR

PYSEC-2008-12

Affected Products

Moinmoin

References · 17

• 🔥 http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/f405012e67af · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29894 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-09.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rqxp-6926-hphr · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28869 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1937 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2008-12 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moinwiki/moin · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2008-12.yaml · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30160 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080628213526/http://secunia.com/advisories/29894 · Note
• http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211750/http://securityfocus.com/bid/28869 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081007072837/http://secunia.com/advisories/30160 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081002145815/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/f405012e67af · Note