MoinMoin multiple actions cross-site scripting
| moinmoin-multiple-actions-xss (41037) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MoinMoin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the gui editor formatter or when executing the RenamePage or DeletePage action. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the page name or the destination page name to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MoinMoin (1.5.8 or later), available from the MoinMoin SecurityFixes Web site. See References.
References:
- moin/1.5 / changeset: fix gui editor formatter XSS issues.
- moin/1.5 / changeset: Fixed XSS issue in RenamePage/DeletePage action.
- MoinMoin SecurityFixes Web site: Security Fix Announcements, moin 1.5.8.
- BID-28173: MoinMoin GUI Editor Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1098: 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.
- DSA-1514: moin -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200803-27: MoinMoin: Multiple vulnerabilities
- USN-716-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo Linux
- MoinMoin MoinMoin 1.5.x prior to 1.5.8
Reported:
Aug 28, 2007
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