CVE-2008-3381

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in macro/AdvancedSearch.py in moin (and MoinMoin) 1.6.3 and 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-07-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3381 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-3381

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3381

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 0.39% 2.09% +1.70%
2 2025-03-30 0.93% 0.39% -0.54%
3 2025-03-29 0.93%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3381

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-2008-3381

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2008-3381

GHSA-q7q4-5g8p-33fq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — MoinMoin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3381

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3381
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-3381 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3381

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3381

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmoin moinmoin 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moinmoin moinmoin 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:moinmoin:moinmoin:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3381

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