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GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 moin

GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in moin. A fix is available for moin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

MoinMoin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the antispam feature

Also known asCVE-2009-0312PYSEC-2026-676
Published
May 2, 2022
Updated
Jul 6, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 19, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs83th percentile — riskier than 83% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍moin

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the antispam feature (security/antispam.py) in MoinMoin 1.7 and 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted, disallowed content.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPImoinall versions1.8.2pip install --upgrade 'moin==1.8.2'

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update moin to 1.8.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the antispam feature (security/antispam.py) in MoinMoin 1.7 and 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted, disallowed content.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 in your dependencies?

O3 Security finds GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.

GHSA-cx94-3h5x-cc57: moin XSS | O3 Security