CVE-2023-40985

Published Sep 15, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.4

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.100. The File Manager functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when any file is searched/replaced.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.4
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.3
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:2.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C1B4BC89-37BB-4538-887D-DE2B0930BDED"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References