MoinMoin Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

vendor:

MoinMoin

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure

CWE

Product Name: MoinMoin

Affected Version From: MoinMoin 1.5.9

Affected Version To: MoinMoin 1.8.0

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2008

MoinMoin Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

MoinMoin is prone to cross-site scripting and information-disclosure vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or other sensitive information and to launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to dynamically generate web content.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32208/info

MoinMoin is prone to cross-site scripting and information-disclosure vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or other sensitive information and to launch other attacks.

MoinMoin 1.5.9 and 1.8.0 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

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