← Back
CVE-2008-0781
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in moin (CVE-2008-0781)
Summary
cross-site scripting in moin (CVE-2008-0781). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2008-0781** has been found in moin.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "moin CVE-2008-0781" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2008-0781 (moin) — CWE-79 /
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in moin.
📍 Affected scope
moin — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'moin' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
-
1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'moin' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `moin` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
-
7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
moin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.5.8"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0781
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-775g-4482-pm94
- package https://pypi.org/project/moin
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432748
- web https://usn.ubuntu.com/716-1
- web https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00726.html
- web https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00752.html
- web http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.5/rev/db212dfc58ef
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/28987
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/29010
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/29262
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/29444
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33755
- web http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1514
- web http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-27.xml
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27904
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0569/references