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Medium Public exploit CVE-2008-0782 EUVD-2022-2737GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9PYSEC-2026-668

MoinMoin Directory traversal vulnerability

Published Feb 14, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: moin Ecosystem: PyPI

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the MOIN_ID user ID in a cookie for a userform action. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for PHP code execution via the quicklinks parameter.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 4.0 moin 1.5.3-1.2etch1 DSA-1514-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI moin <= 1.5.8 — GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9

Advisories 1

References