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CVE-2009-0260

Published: Jan 23, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
5.4%
Top 8.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

moinmoinmoinmoin
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
moinPyPIOSS Libraries
n/an/a
moinmoinoss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/8cb4d34ccbc1
hg.moinmo.in
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes#moin1.8.1
moinmo.in
http://osvdb.org/51485
osvdb.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 23, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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