XSS in Webmin
CVE-2011-1937
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.540 and earlier allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a chfn command that changes the real (aka Full Name) field, related to useradmin/index.cgi and useradmin/user-lib.pl.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Webmin — versions 0.75, 0.76, 0.77
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/7 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517658 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881 (Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/22/1 (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8264 (third-party-advisory)
- javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/ (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47558 (vdb-entry)