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. The issue has been fixed on e69a16b6e630.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0782
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39837
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4957
• http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/e69a16b6e630
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29010
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29262
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29444
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33755
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-January/001890.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1514
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27404
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0569/references
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1