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CVE-2017-15646

N/A

Published: October 19, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWebmin

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Webmin · Webmin

95%

v ≤ 1.850

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.webmin.com/changes.html

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.webmin.com/security.html

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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