---
id: CVE-2008-0780
aliases:
  - GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj
  - PYSEC-2026-667
title: MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
summary: MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
severity: medium
vendor: moin
product: moin
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'moin >= 1.5, <= 1.5.8'
  - 'moin >= 1.6, < 1.6.1'
patched:
  - moin 1.6.1
published: '2022-05-01'
updated: '2026-07-06'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-53wj-6m7w-j6mj'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0780'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432747'
  - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1'
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00726.html
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00752.html
  - url: 'http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/2f952fa361c7'
  - url: 'http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/9f4bdc7ef80d'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28987'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29010'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29262'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29444'
  - 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/27904'
  - url: 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0569/references'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.0175
epssPercentile: 0.7654
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:45.752Z'
---

## Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.x through 1.5.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the login action.

## Affected packages

- `moin >= 1.5, <= 1.5.8`
- `moin >= 1.6, < 1.6.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `moin 1.6.1`