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CVE-2008-6547

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

schema.py in FormEncode for Python (python-formencode) 1.0 does not apply the chained_validators feature, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Formencode: 1.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/47082
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31081
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31163
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=91231&atid=596416&file_id=271779&aid=1925164
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1925164&group_id=91231&atid=596416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30282
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43878
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00607.html
• http://osvdb.org/47082
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31081
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31163
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=91231&atid=596416&file_id=271779&aid=1925164

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