🛡️ CVE-2008-6603 — moin

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

MoinMoin Access Restrictions Bypassed due to improper ACL enforcement

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2008-6603 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2008-6603 is recorded against 1 package.

  • moin (from 1.7 up to 1.7.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 26 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
hg.moinmo.in (Web)
hg.moinmo.in (Web)
moinmo.in (Web)
moinmo.in (Web)
osvdb.org (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)
www.vupen.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-11-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
moin 1.7 1.7.1

References

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