CVE-2020-15275

Publication date 9 November 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.4 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

MoinMoin is a wiki engine. In MoinMoin before version 1.9.11, an attacker with write permissions can upload an SVG file that contains malicious javascript. This javascript will be executed in a user's browser when the user is viewing that SVG file on the wiki. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to a patched version. MoinMoin Wiki 1.9.11 has the necessary fixes and also contains other important fixes.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
moin 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.9.9-1ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
moin

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.4 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4629-1
    • MoinMoin vulnerabilities
    • 11 November 2020

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