What is CVE-2023-38303?

CVE-2023-38303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-38303?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2023-38303

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. One can exploit a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack to achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) through the Users and Group's real name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Webmin — versions 2.021
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38303?: CVE-2023-38303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-38303?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.