CVE-2016-7146

Publication date 10 November 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

MoinMoin 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to conduct “JavaScript injection” attacks by using the “page creation or crafted URL” approach, related to a “Cross Site Scripting (XSS)” issue affecting the action=fckdialog&dialog=attachment (via page name) component.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
moin	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.9.7-1ubuntu2.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.9.3-1ubuntu2.3

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
moin	Upstream: http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/1563d6db198c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3137-1
MoinMoin vulnerabilities
23 November 2016