CVE-2010-2970 MoinMoin cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2010-2970?

CVE-2010-2970 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Aug 2010. 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 MoinMoin 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted content, related to (1) action/SlideShow.py, (2) action/anywikidraw.py, and (3) action/language_setup.py, a similar issue to CVE-2010-2487.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2970?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including moin and Moin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moinmo Moinmoin.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2970?

Upgrade moin to 1.9.3 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-2010-2970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2970 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 GHSA-gxh5-r8gp-pjc3, PYSEC-2010-18.