CVE-2009-4762

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Moinmoin: 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2

References

http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/897cdbe9e8f2
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/897cdbe9e8f2
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
http://secunia.com/advisories/39887
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-941-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2014
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35277
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0600
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1208
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/897cdbe9e8f2
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/897cdbe9e8f2
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes

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