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CVE-2017-15646

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.

Published

2017-10-19T22:29:00.323

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	webmin	webmin	≤ 1.850	Yes

References

http://www.webmin.com/changes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.webmin.com/changes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)