CVE-2017-5934

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects moin

6.1 MediumFix available

CVE-2017-5934 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Moinmo Moinmoin, published December 31, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in moin 1.9.10.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.94%Unchanged since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: CVE-2017-5934
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: CVE-2017-5934
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-0101 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: EUVD-2018-0101
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-42fp-4hm3-j8r7 5.1

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects moin

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: GHSA-42fp-4hm3-j8r7
CVSS 4.0: 5.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: CVE-2017-5934
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-42fp-4hm3-j8r7 5.1

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects moin

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: GHSA-42fp-4hm3-j8r7
CVSS 4.0: 5.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5934 6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5934
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVPYSEC-2018-47 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Record: PYSEC-2018-47
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-3794-1 No score

moin vulnerability

It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Record: USN-3794-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`moin` PyPI	before 1.9.10	1.9.10
`moin` Debian:8	before 1.9.8-1+deb8u2, plus listed versions 1.9.8-11.9.8-1+deb8u1	1.9.8-1+deb8u2
`moin` Debian:9	before 1.9.9-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions 1.9.9-1	1.9.9-1+deb9u1
`moin` PyPI	before 1.9.10, plus listed versions 1.8.41.8.51.8.61.8.71.9.0 Show 9 moreShow less 1.9.11.9.21.9.31.9.41.9.51.9.61.9.71.9.81.9.9	1.9.10
`moin` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 1.9.7-1ubuntu2.2, plus listed versions 1.9.5-5ubuntu11.9.7-1ubuntu11.9.7-1ubuntu21.9.7-1ubuntu2.1	1.9.7-1ubuntu2.2
`moin` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.2, plus listed versions 1.9.7-2ubuntu31.9.8-1ubuntu11.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.1	1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.2
`moin` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	before 1.9.9-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions 1.9.9-1ubuntu1	1.9.9-1ubuntu1.1

History

History
When	Changed	Sources
2026-11-03	aliases	EUVD
2026-11-02	created	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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