What is CVE-2017-2106?

CVE-2017-2106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-2106?

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

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2017-2106

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Webmin versions prior to 1.830 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-28 · 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: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webmin — versions versions prior to 1.830

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96227 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/475cc4fbdf51c865b291d252d81a58bad05de0c7 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34207650/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2106?: CVE-2017-2106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-2106?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.