CVE-2010-1238

MoinMoin 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the textcha protection mechanism by modifying the textcha-question and textcha-answer fields to have empty values.

Published: 2010-04-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1238 is rated Moderate Risk (40.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1238

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 2025-09-12 0.25% 0.39% +0.14%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.25% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1238

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1238

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-1238: 1 GLSA(s) (201210-02), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/moinmoin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-1238
ubuntu low CVE-2010-1238 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moin), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moinmo moinmoin 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:moinmo:moinmoin:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1238

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