What is CVE-2017-17089?

CVE-2017-17089 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-17089?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2017-17089

custom/run.cgi in Webmin before 1.870 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct XSS attacks via the description field in the custom command functionality.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (54.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Webmin
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17089?: CVE-2017-17089 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-17089?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.