Path Traversal in Moinmoin

CVE-2008-0782

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.148 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Moinmoin — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References