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MoinMoin Administrative Group Name Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11807
Release Date: 2004-06-10
Popularity: 8,541 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MoinMoin 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Michael Castleman has discovered a vulnerability in MoinMoin, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The problem is that a user can gain the same privileges as an administrative group by creating a user with the same name.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.2.1.

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