CVE-2009-1482 MoinMoin Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2009-1482?

CVE-2009-1482 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in action/AttachFile.py in MoinMoin 1.8.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an AttachFile sub-action in the error_msg function or (2) multiple vectors related to package file errors in the upload_form function, different vectors than CVE-2009-0260.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1482?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including moin. It affects 2 products.

Products include Moinmo Moinmoin, Moinmoin Moinmoin.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1482?

Upgrade moin to 1.8.3 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2009-1482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-15275 malicious SVG attachment causing stored XSS vulnerability in MoinMoin High 8.7
• CVE-2009-4762 MoinMoin Improper Access Control vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2010-0669 MoinMoin improper sanitizes user profiles High 7.5
• CVE-2010-0717 MoinMoin has improper default configuration High 7.5
• CVE-2010-0668 MoinMoin has multiple vulnerabilities related to superuser list, xmlrpc and OpenID configuration Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DSA-1791-1, GHSA-4pfg-2frf-f67v, PYSEC-2009-6.