What is CVE-2023-38310?

CVE-2023-38310 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-2023-38310?

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

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2023-38310

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the configuration settings of the system logs functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store an XSS payload in the configuration settings of specific log files. This results in the execution of that payload whenever the affected log files are accessed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th 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-2023-38310?: CVE-2023-38310 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-2023-38310?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.