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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0260 · published 23 January 2009

CVE-2009-0260: Moinmoin cross-site scripting vulnerability

Moinmoin · Moinmoin

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in action/AttachFile.py in MoinMoin before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an AttachFile action to the WikiSandBox component with (1) the rename parameter or (2) the drawing parameter (aka the basename variable).

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.5% · top 7.5% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
5.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in action/AttachFile.py in MoinMoin before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an AttachFile action to the WikiSandBox component with (1) the rename parameter or (2) the drawing parameter (aka the basename variable).

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/8cb4d34ccbc1
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes#moin1.8.1
http://osvdb.org/51485
http://secunia.com/advisories/33593 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33716
http://secunia.com/advisories/33755
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33365 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0195
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48126
https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1715
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/8cb4d34ccbc1
http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes#moin1.8.1
http://osvdb.org/51485
http://secunia.com/advisories/33593 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33716
http://secunia.com/advisories/33755
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33365 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0195
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48126
https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1715

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0260), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.