CVE-2008-1937

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1937
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-25 06:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe user form processing (userform.py) in MoinMoin before 1.6.3, when using ACLs or a non-empty superusers list, does not properly manage users, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Moinmoin Moinmoin 1.6.0 All All All
Application Moinmoin Moinmoin 1.6.1 All All All
Application Moinmoin Moinmoin 1.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
moin/1.6: changeset 2630:f405012e67af af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.moinmo.in Exploit
MoinMoin Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
MoinMoin: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
SecurityFixes - MoinMoin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 moinmo.in
Gentoo update for moinmoin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MoinMoin Multiple ACL Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997198 Python (Pip) Security Update for moin (GHSA-rqxp-6926-hphr)

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