CVE-2009-4762

high
Published 2010-03-29 · Modified 2024-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0600

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/897cdbe9e8f2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/897cdbe9e8f2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPImoin>=1.7.0,<1.7.31.7.3
python PyPImoin>=1.8.0,<1.8.31.8.3
python PyPImoin>=1.8,<1.8.31.7.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
moinmomoinmoin1.7.0
moinmomoinmoin1.7.1
moinmomoinmoin1.7.2
moinmomoinmoin1.8.0
moinmomoinmoin1.8.1
moinmomoinmoin1.8.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.