MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-6082 · GHSA-452h-rx28-49w9 · PYSEC-2013-23 · Published 03/01/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moin PyPI	`< 1.9.6`	`1.9.6`
moinmoin moinmo	`= 1.9.5`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rsslink function in theme/__init__.py in MoinMoin before 1.9.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page name in a rss link.

NVD description

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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6082 · ADVISORY
moinwiki/moin · PACKAGE
pypa/advisory-database · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20151023152540/http://secunia.com/advisories/51663 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20200228182002/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57089 · WEB
hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/c98ec456e493 · WEB
moinmo.in/SecurityFixes · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/7 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/5 · WEB
secunia.com/advisories/51663 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/57089
GitHub Advisory GHSA-452h-rx28-49w9 · ADVISORY

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