CVE-2016-9119: MoinMoin Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2016-9119 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2017-01-30

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Technologies: moin (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2016-9119 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-9119 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2016-9119?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 30 January 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2016-9119?
Yes. moin (PyPI): upgrade to 1.9.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2016-9119?
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 1.9.8 or later
    pip install "moin>=1.9.8"

Affected products

  • moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.8

Identifiers

  • CVE-2016-9119
  • GHSA-5fq5-pfv8-mrfv
  • PYSEC-2017-20

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