PYSEC-2011-6

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    PYSEC-2011-6

    Published: 22 Feb 2011Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the reStructuredText (rst) parser in parser/text_rst.py in MoinMoin before 1.9.3, when docutils is installed or when "format rst" is set, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URL in the refuri attribute. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes, http://secunia.com/advisories/43413, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0455, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055116.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054544.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055124.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/43665, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0571, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46476, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0588, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2321, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1604-1, http://secunia.com/advisories/50885, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65545, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9j7-xcj7-42j9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moin

    Purl: pkg:pypi/moin

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.9.3

    Affected versions

    1.8.4
    1.8.5
    1.8.6
    1.8.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High