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MoinMoin Improper Access Control vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 29, 2024

Package

pip moin (pip)

Affected versions

>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.3
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.3

Patched versions

1.7.3
1.8.3

Description

MoinMoin 1.7.x before 1.7.3 and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 checks parent ACLs in certain inappropriate circumstances during processing of hierarchical ACLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by requesting an item, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6603.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 29, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Reviewed Apr 29, 2024
Last updated Apr 29, 2024

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2009-4762

GHSA ID

GHSA-jj23-fj2v-m872

Source code

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