CVE-2009-0260Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in action/AttachFile.py in MoinMoin before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to inject…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in action/AttachFile.py in MoinMoin before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an AttachFile action to the WikiSandBox component with (1) the rename parameter or (2) the drawing parameter (aka the basename variable).
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- MoinMoin 1.8 - 'AttachFile.py' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32746webapps, cgipublished 20 Jan 2009Verified
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
References12
- 33593 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33755 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0195 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 33716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes#moin1.8.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 51485 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20090120 MoinMoin Wiki Engine XSS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/8cb4d34ccbc1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- moinmoin-attachfilepy-xss(48126) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1715 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-716-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3012 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7hjm-hqgj-xv9f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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