MoinMoin 1.5.8 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in MoinMoin 1.5.8. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-1098. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MoinMoin 1.5.8 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) certain input processed by formatter/text_gedit.py (aka the gui editor formatter); (2) a page name, which triggers an injection in PageEditor.py when the page is successfully deleted by a victim in a DeletePage action; or (3) the destination page name for a RenamePage action, which triggers an injection in PageEditor.py when a victim s rename attempt fails because of a duplicate name. NOTE: the AttachFile XSS issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0781, and the login XSS issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0780.

The weakness was released 03/05/2008 with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1098 since 02/28/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32088 (Fedora 8 : moin-1.5.9-1.fc8 (2008-3301)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41037), Tenable (32088), SecurityFocus (BID 28173†), OSVDB (43147†) and Secunia (SA29262†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36536 and VDB-41337. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 32088
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : moin-1.5.9-1.fc8 (2008-3301)
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OpenVAS ID: 60500
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1514-1 (moin)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Organization: Debian
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41336

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X-Force: 41037
SecurityFocus: 28173 - MoinMoin GUI Editor Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29262 - Debian update for moin, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43147 - MoinMoin PageEditor.py Multiple Parameter XSS
Vulnerability Center: 17890 - MoinMoin <1.5.8 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/07/2019 10:12
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (77), 08/07/2019 10:12 (5)
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