CVE-2012-6082: MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2012-6082 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2013-01-03

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rsslink function in theme/__init__.py in MoinMoin 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page name in a rss link.

Technologies: moin (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-6082 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-6082 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-6082?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 3 January 2013.
Which products and versions are affected?
moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-6082?
Yes. moin (PyPI): upgrade to 1.9.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-6082?
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 1.9.6 or later
    pip install "moin>=1.9.6"

Affected products

  • moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.6

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-6082
  • GHSA-452h-rx28-49w9
  • PYSEC-2013-23

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