What is CVE-2017-9313?

CVE-2017-9313 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-9313?

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

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2017-9313

Multiple Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Webmin before 1.850 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sec parameter to view_man.cgi, the referers parameter to change_referers.cgi, or the name parameter to save_user.cgi. NOTE: these issues were not fixed in 1.840.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Webmin
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9313?: CVE-2017-9313 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-9313?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.