Webmin < 1.997 RCE

critical Nessus Plugin ID 165185

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

Software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Webmin 1.997 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 165185

File Name: webmin_1_997.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 12/5/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36446

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:webmin:webmin

Required KB Items: www/webmin, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Webmin Package Updates RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36446

Detections

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