What is CVE-2023-40986?

CVE-2023-40986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-40986?

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

XSS in Webmin

CVE-2023-40986

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Usermin Configuration function of Webmin v2.100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web sripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th 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 2.100
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40986?: CVE-2023-40986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-40986?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.