CVE-2016-7148
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
MoinMoin 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to conduct "JavaScript injection" attacks by using the "page creation" approach, related to a "Cross Site Scripting (XSS)" issue affecting the action=AttachFile (via page name) component.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | moin | <1.9.9 | 1.9.9 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| moinmo | moinmoin | 1.9.8 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7148
- https://github.com/moinwiki/moin
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2016-31.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227212542/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94259
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130846/https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/MoinMoin-198-XSS-175.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3715
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3137-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3715
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94259
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3137-1
- https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/MoinMoin-198-XSS-175.html
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.