PT-2009-2073 · Moinmoin · Moinmoin

Published 2009-04-03 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2008-6603

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 1.6.2 through 1.7

Description The issue is related to improper enforcement of ACL checks when acl hierarchic is set to True. This might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Recommendations For versions 1.6.2 through 1.7, consider setting acl hierarchic to False as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6603

GHSA-WC8W-GH5M-62FV

PYSEC-2009-13

Affected Products

Moinmoin

References · 19

• 🔥 http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wc8w-gh5m-62fv · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6603 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2009-13 · Vendor Advisory
• http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6603 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1307 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moinwiki/moin · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-13.yaml · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200301063229/http://securityfocus.com/bid/34655 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080511110948/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34655 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41911 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6603 · Note