CVE-2017-15646 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-10-19

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 4.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04813.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
http://www.webmin.com/security.html
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9

History

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Subscriptions

Webmin Webmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-19T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:11:41.559Z

Reserved: 2017-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15646

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-19T22:29:00.323

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:02.893

Link: CVE-2017-15646

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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