CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-15646
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Webmin before 1.860 has XSS with resultant remote code execution. Under the 'Others/File Manager' menu, there is a 'Download from remote URL' option to download a file from a remote server. After setting up a malicious server, one can wait for a file download request and then send an XSS payload that will lead to Remote Code Execution, as demonstrated by an OS command in the value attribute of a name='cmd' input element.
Affected configurations
• webmin webmin (<= 1.850)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.webmin.com/changes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/changes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9 Patch, Third Party Advisory