CVE-2004-0708

MoinMoin 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges by creating a user with the same name as an existing group that has higher privileges.

Published: 2004-07-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0708 is rated Moderate Risk (56.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0708

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.25% 1.20% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 1.20% 1.25% +0.05%
3 2025-03-17 1.20%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0708

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0708

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2004-0708

GHSA-7jrp-r6jx-32cw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — MoinMoin allows administrative access

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0708

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0708: 1 GLSA(s) (200407-09), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/moinmoin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0708

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0708

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmoin moinmoin 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moinmoin moinmoin 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moinmoin moinmoin 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0708

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