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CVE-2008-0782

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0782 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating the MOIN_ID user ID in a cookie during a userform action, potentially leading to PHP code execution through the quicklinks parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, primarily impacting confidentiality. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-4957) detailing a login bypass, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4957 · Jan 21, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1479 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9medium

MoinMoin Directory traversal vulnerability

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-0782Important

moin: file overwrite via crafted cookie

Jan 20, 2008

References

hg.moinmo.in / moin/1.5/rev/e69a16b6e630
secunia.com / advisories/29010
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29262
secunia.com / advisories/29444
secunia.com / advisories/33755
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39837
usn.ubuntu.com / 716-1
exploit-db.com / exploits/4957
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-January/001890.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1514
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/27404
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0569/references