# CVE-2017-5934: Moderate severity vulnerability that affects moin

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-5934-moderate-severity-vulnerability-that-affects-moin  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2018-10-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2017-5934 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-10-15

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Technologies: [moin (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/moin). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2017-5934 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-5934 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2017-5934?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 15 October 2018.

**Which products and versions are affected?** moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.10, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=70955a8eae091cc88fd9a6e510177e70289ec024|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2017-5934?** Yes. moin (PyPI): upgrade to 1.9.10 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2017-5934?** 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 1.9.10 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "moin>=1.9.10"
  ```


## Affected products

- moin (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.10, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=70955a8eae091cc88fd9a6e510177e70289ec024|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.9.10

## Identifiers

- CVE-2017-5934
- GHSA-42fp-4hm3-j8r7
- PYSEC-2018-47

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