MoinMoin PageEditor gain privilege

moinmoin-pageeditor-gain-privilege (16832) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

MoinMoin could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by an undisclosed Access Control List (ACL) vulnerability in the PageEditor.


Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of MoinMoin (1.2.3 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.

References:

  • SourceForge.net: SourceForge.net: Project Info - MoinMoin.
  • SourceForge.net: SourceForge.net: File Release Notes and Changelog.
  • BID-10801: MoinMoin PageEditor Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
  • CVE-2004-1463: Unknown vulnerability in the PageEditor in MoinMoin 1.2.2 and earlier, related to Access Control Lists (ACL), has unknown impact.
  • GLSA-200408-25: MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass
  • OSVDB ID: 8195: MoinMoin PageEditor ACL Issue

Platforms Affected:

  • Gentoo Linux
  • MoinMoin MoinMoin prior to 1.2.3

Reported:

Jul 21, 2004

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