What is CVE-2017-15645?

CVE-2017-15645 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-15645?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Webmin

CVE-2017-15645

CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850. By sending a GET request to at/create_job.cgi containing dir=/&cmd= in the URI, an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-10-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webmin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.webmin.com/security.html (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.webmin.com/changes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15645?: CVE-2017-15645 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-15645?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.