What is CVE-2016-4897?

CVE-2016-4897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin Usermin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-4897?

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

XSS in Webmin Usermin

CVE-2016-4897

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) filter/save_forward.cgi, (2) filter/save.cgi, (3) /man/search.cgi in Usermin before 1.690.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-12 · 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: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webmin Usermin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN32504719/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93477 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000202.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4897?: CVE-2016-4897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin Usermin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-4897?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.