What is CVE-2016-7148?

CVE-2016-7148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moinmo Moinmoin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-7148?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Moinmo Moinmoin

CVE-2016-7148

MoinMoin 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to conduct "JavaScript injection" attacks by using the "page creation" approach, related to a "Cross Site Scripting (XSS)" issue affecting the action=AttachFile (via page name) component.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moinmo Moinmoin — versions 1.9.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3137-1 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94259 (vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3715 (vendor-advisory)
www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/MoinMoin-198-XSS-175.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7148?: CVE-2016-7148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moinmo Moinmoin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-7148?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.