CVE-2008-1098

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) certain input processed by formatter/text_gedit.py (aka the gui editor formatter); (2) a page name, which triggers an injection in PageEditor.py when the page is successfully deleted by a victim in a DeletePage action; or (3) the destination page name for a RenamePage action, which triggers an injection in PageEditor.py when a victim's rename attempt fails because of a duplicate name. NOTE: the AttachFile XSS issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0781, and the login XSS issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0780.

Published: 2008-03-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1098 is rated Exploit Available (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.80%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1098

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1098

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 1.03% 1.80% +0.77%
2 2026-03-31 0.90% 1.03% +0.13%
3 2026-02-10 0.90%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1098

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2008-1098

GHSA-8fj9-pj4p-4vq7 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — MoinMoin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1098

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-1098: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-27), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/moinmoin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1098
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1098
ubuntu low CVE-2008-1098 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmoin moinmoin <= 1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1098

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