CVE-2007-2423

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in MoinMoin 1.5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the do parameter in an AttachFile action, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0857. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2007-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2423 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.55%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2423

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29915 exploit_db edb 2007-04-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2423

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.97% 3.55% -1.42%
2 2026-03-02 6.35% 4.97% -1.38%
3 2025-12-19 6.35%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2423

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2423

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2423

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2423 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2423

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2423

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmoin moinmoin 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2423

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