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MoinMoin Directory traversal vulnerability

CVE-2008-0782GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

  • PyPI moin

    Affected
    <= 1.5.8
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
  • CVE-2008-0782: 14.90% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 96.71 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the MOINID user ID in a cookie for a userform action. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for PHP code execution via the quicklinks parameter. The issue has been fixed on e69a16b6e630.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2008-0782

Advisory: MoinMoin Directory traversal vulnerability
IDs: CVE-2008-0782, GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2008-0782 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:13 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI moin: affected <= 1.5.8

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show moin`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on moin.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9 (OSV record GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9 lists affected ranges: PyPI moin >=0 <=1.5.8)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-6766-r2rx-mfw9 lists affected ranges: PyPI moin >=0 <=1.5.8)

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