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CVE-2008-0782· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a ..

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Feb 14, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
14.9% · 97th percentile
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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 14.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
moinmoinmoinmoin

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • moinmoin moinmoin0.1
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.10
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.11
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.2
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.3
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.7
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.8
  • moinmoin moinmoin0.9
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.0
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.1
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.2
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.2.1
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.2.2
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.0
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.1
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.2
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.3
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.3_rc1
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.3_rc2
  • moinmoin moinmoin1.5.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:4.0moinbefore 1.5.3-1.2etch11.5.3-1.2etch1
PyPImoinup to and including 1.5.8—

Same product

moinmoin: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2004-1463Unknown vulnerability in the PageEditor in MoinMoin 1.2.2 and earlier, related to Access Control Lists (ACL), has unknown impact.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2004-0708MoinMoin 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges by creating a user with the same name as an existing group that has hi
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1462Unknown vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to administrator functions such as (
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2008-1937The user form processing (userform.py) in MoinMoin before 1.6.3, when using ACLs or a non-empty superusers list, does not properly manage us
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2423Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in MoinMoin 1.5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via t
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2008-1099_macro_Getval in wikimacro.py in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier does not properly enforce ACLs, which allows remote attackers to read protected
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:moin1.5.3-1.2etch1 · Debian:4.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2008-01-21

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-25 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+6802 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

ts
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Noroxi analysis

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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