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CVE-2008-6603
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (8)
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- moinmoin-acl-security-bypass(41911) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 48875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wc8w-gh5m-62fv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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