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CVE-2009-0260

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0260 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MoinMoin before version 1.8.1, specifically within the action/AttachFile.py component. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'rename' or 'drawing' parameters when using the AttachFile action on the WikiSandBox. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity due to its network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32746 · Jan 20, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0544 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moinFixed in: 1.8.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-7hjm-hqgj-xv9fmedium

MoinMoin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2009-0260

moin: tachFile XSS issues

References

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