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TI-2008-00746 Aliases CVE-2008-0780GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.x through 1.5.8 and 1.6.x before…

Priority LOW 24CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.x through 1.5.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the login action.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0175 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed moin (PyPI): 1.6.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—moin (PyPI)1.5 – 1.5.8—No fix listedGHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
—moin (PyPI)1.6 to before 1.6.11.6.1Patch availableGHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • moin (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.5 – 1.5.8 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
  • moin (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.6 to before 1.6.1 Fixed in 1.6.1 Patch available GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.1VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.2VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.3VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.3_rc1VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.3_rc2VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.4VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.5VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.5_rc1VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.5aVulnerableMoinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3_rc1 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3_rc2 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.4 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.5 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.5_rc1 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.5a Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.6VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.7VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.8VulnerableMoinmoin
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.6.0VulnerableMoinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.6 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.7 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.8 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6.0 Vulnerable ·Moinmoin

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj moin (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0780
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj

References

Advisory 6

Other 5

  • TI-2004-01340 Unknown vulnerability in the PageEditor in MoinMoin 1.2.2 and earlier, related to Access… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-00748 Directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-01339 Unknown vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00649 MoinMoin 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges by creating a user… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-01860 The user form processing (userform.py) in MoinMoin before 1.6.3, when using ACLs or a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2007-02340 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in MoinMoin 1.5.7 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
See all 17 →

Sources

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