CVE-2008-0780 json
MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
published 2008-02-14 18 y ago modified 2026-07-06 4 mo ago also GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj , PYSEC-2026-667 , EUVD-2022-2487
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.x through 1.5.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the login action.
Patch / fix
- pypi moin 1.6.1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0780 updated
MoinMoin XSS in login action
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | moin | >=1.5, <=1.5.8 >=1.6, <1.6.1 >=1.5, <1.6.1 |
1.6.1 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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gentoo.org
/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml
vendor-advisory, web
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00726.html
vendor-advisory, web
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00752.html
vendor-advisory, web
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usn.ubuntu.com
/716-1/
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2008/dsa-1514
vendor-advisory, web
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secunia.com
/advisories/33755
third-party-advisory, web
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secunia.com
/advisories/29262
third-party-advisory, web
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secunia.com
/advisories/29010
third-party-advisory, web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=432747
web
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hg.moinmo.in
/moin/1.5/rev/2f952fa361c7
web
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secunia.com
/advisories/28987
third-party-advisory, web
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/0569/references
vdb-entry, web
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securityfocus.com
/bid/27904
vdb-entry, web
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secunia.com
/advisories/29444
third-party-advisory, web
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hg.moinmo.in
/moin/1.6/rev/9f4bdc7ef80d
web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0780
advisory
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usn.ubuntu.com
/716-1
web
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pypi.org
/project/moin
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-0780
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
- NVD CVE-2008-0780
- OSV PYSEC-2026-667
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