CVE-2008-6603

MoinMoin 1.6.2 and 1.7 - Access Control Bypass via ACL Hierarchic Misconfiguration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

MoinMoin 1.6.2 and 1.7 does not properly enforce ACL checks when acl_hierarchic is set to True, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1937.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41911
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34655
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/48875
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1307

Scores

EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 73.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (3)
moinmo/moinmoin 1.6.2
moinmo/moinmoin 1.7.0
pypi/moin 0 - 1.6.3PyPI
Published Apr 03, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026