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FreeBSD : moinmoin -- XSS via RST parser (4a8a98ab-f745-11e1-8bd8-0022156e8794)

low Nessus Plugin ID 61780

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

MITRE CVE team reports :

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the reStructuredText (rst) parser in parser/text_rst.py in MoinMoin before 1.9.4, when docutils is installed or when 'format rst' is set, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URL in the refuri attribute.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes

http://www.nessus.org/u?f8ed1164

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 61780

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4a8a98abf74511e18bd80022156e8794.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 9/5/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:moinmoin, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1058

BID: 46476