CVE-2010-2487: MoinMoin Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2010-2487 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2010-08-05

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MoinMoin 1.7.3 and earlier, 1.8.x before 1.8.8, and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted content, related to (1) Page.py, (2) PageEditor.py, (3) PageGraphicalEditor.py, (4) action/CopyPage.py, (5) action/Load.py, (6) action/RenamePage.py, (7) action/backup.py, (8) action/login.py, (9) action/newaccount.py, and (10) action/recoverpass.py.

Technologies: moin (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2010-2487 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2010-2487 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2010-2487?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 August 2010.
Which products and versions are affected?
moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=1.7.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.8,fixed=1.8.8,introduced=1.9,fixed=1.9.3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2010-2487?
Yes. moin (PyPI): upgrade to 1.9.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2010-2487?
Check whether you run moin (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • moin (PyPI): upgrade to 1.9.3 or later
    pip install "moin>=1.9.3"

Affected products

  • moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=1.7.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.8,fixed=1.8.8,introduced=1.9,fixed=1.9.3

Identifiers

  • CVE-2010-2487
  • GHSA-5m2m-27cg-7v4v
  • PYSEC-2010-16

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