CVE-2008-6603 MoinMoin Access Restrictions Bypassed due to improper ACL enforcement
Remote attackers can bypass access restrictions in MoinMoin Wiki when hierarchical ACLs are enabled, potentially accessing unauthorized content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-6603?
CVE-2008-6603 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6603?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including moin. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
moin PyPI | All versions | 1.6.3, 1.7.1 |
moin PyPI | All versions | 1.6.3 |
moin PyPI | All versions | 1.6.3 |
moin PyPI | From 1.7 | 1.7.1 |
moin PyPI | From 1.7 | 1.7.1 |
Products include Moinmo Moinmoin.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6603?
Upgrade moin to a fixed version for your release line: 1.6.3 or 1.7.1.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2008-6603 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6603 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2020-15275 malicious SVG attachment causing stored XSS vulnerability in MoinMoin
- CVE-2009-4762 MoinMoin Improper Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2010-0669 MoinMoin improper sanitizes user profiles
- CVE-2010-0717 MoinMoin has improper default configuration
- CVE-2010-0668 MoinMoin has multiple vulnerabilities related to superuser list, xmlrpc and OpenID configuration
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wc8w-gh5m-62fv, PYSEC-2009-13.