CVE-2008-6548
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.23%MoinMoin improper access control on the included page for the rst parser
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 10/9/2025
Description
The rst parser (parser/text_rst.py) in MoinMoin 1.6.1 does not check the ACL of an included page, which allows attackers to read unauthorized include files via unknown vectors.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/moinfrom 0, < 1.6.2-1
- PyPI/moinfrom 0, < 1.6.2
- PyPI/moinfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6548
- PATCHhttps://github.com/moinwiki/moin
- WEBhttp://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
- WEBhttp://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- WEBhttp://osvdb.org/48877
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-11.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080523123729/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/raw-file/1.6.2/docs/CHANGES
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211206185024/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546