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

CVE-2010-2970 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2010-08-05

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.

Technologies: moin (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2010-2970 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2010-2970 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2010-2970?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 August 2010.
Which products and versions are affected?
moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.9,fixed=1.9.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.9.0,fixed=1.9.3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2010-2970?
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-2010-2970?
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=1.9,fixed=1.9.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.9.0,fixed=1.9.3

Identifiers

  • CVE-2010-2970
  • GHSA-gxh5-r8gp-pjc3
  • PYSEC-2010-18

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