What is CVE-2016-9119?

CVE-2016-9119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moinmo Moinmoin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-9119?

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

XSS in Moinmo Moinmoin

CVE-2016-9119

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the link dialogue in GUI editor in MoinMoin before 1.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-01-30 · 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: 0.015 (72.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moinmo Moinmoin
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

moinmo.in/SecurityFixes (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94501 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3137-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3715 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9119?: CVE-2016-9119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moinmo Moinmoin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-9119?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.