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CVE-2008-6603

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6603 describes an access control bypass vulnerability in MoinMoin versions 1.6.2 and 1.7. When the acl_hierarchic setting is enabled, the software fails to properly enforce Access Control List (ACL) checks, allowing remote attackers to circumvent intended access restrictions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk where an attacker can exploit it over the network with moderate complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moinFixed in: 1.6.3
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moinFixed in: 1.7.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-wc8w-gh5m-62fvhigh

MoinMoin Access Restrictions Bypassed due to improper ACL enforcement

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-6603Low

moin: incorrect processing of hierarchic ACLs

Apr 12, 2008

References

hg.moinmo.in / moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26
Exploit
hg.moinmo.in / moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a
Exploit
moinmo.in / MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter
moinmo.in / SecurityFixes
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 48875
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41911
securityfocus.com / bid/34655
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1307
Vendor Advisory