Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting moin package, versions <1.9.8-1+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-MOIN-326403
  • published30 Jan 2017
  • disclosed30 Jan 2017

Introduced: 30 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 moin to version 1.9.8-1+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream moin package and not the moin package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.