CVE-2008-6603

high

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41911

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1307

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34655

http://osvdb.org/48875

http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes

http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

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