HIGH
moin: incorrect processing of hierarchic ACLs
Published Apr 3, 2009
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.65%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
7.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.65% 0.01651
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01651
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.65% (0.01651) | 75.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01637) | 73.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00431) | 60.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.32% (0.06319) | 93.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.76% (0.01765) | 88.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01765) | 86.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01577) | 85.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/48875 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34655 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1307 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6603 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443949 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41911 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc8w-gh5m-62fv Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-13.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6603
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080511110948/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090730023652/http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200301063229/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34655
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211207023130/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6603
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 3, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 3, 2009
Link CVE-2008-6603
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-WC8W-GH5M-62FV Updated n/a