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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-0782 Detail

Current Description

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.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/e69a16b6e630 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29010 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29262 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29444 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33755 CVE, MITRE
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-January/001890.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1514 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27404 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0569/references CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39837 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4957 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0782
NVD Published Date:
02/14/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE