{"id":"CVE-2008-1098","aliases":["GHSA-8fj9-pj4p-4vq7","PYSEC-2026-672"],"title":"MoinMoin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities","summary":"MoinMoin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities","severity":"medium","vendor":"moin","product":"moin","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["moin <= 1.5.8"],"published":"2022-05-01","updated":"2026-07-06","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8fj9-pj4p-4vq7","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1098"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41037"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00510.html"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00538.html"},{"url":"http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/4ede07e792dd"},{"url":"http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/d0152eeb4499"},{"url":"http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29262"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29444"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30031"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33755"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1514"},{"url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28173"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.01818,"epssPercentile":0.77432,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:47.468Z","slug":"CVE-2008-1098","body":"## Overview\n\nMultiple 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.\nThe issue has been fixed on [d0152eeb4499](http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/d0152eeb4499) and [4ede07e792dd](http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/4ede07e792dd).\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `moin <= 1.5.8`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.4,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}