Webmin < 1.974 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113562

Synopsis

Webmin < 1.974 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Webmin install hosted on the remote host is prior to 1.974. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that allow to achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) through Webmin running process feature.

- A Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) that allow to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin running process feature.

- A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that allow to create a privileged user through Webmin add users feature.

- A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability through the Scheduled Cron Jobs feature.

- A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through the Scheduled Cron Jobs feature.

- A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through the Upload and Download feature.

- A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability through Upload and Download feature.

- A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through the Add Users feature.

- A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through the File Manager feature.

- A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability through the File Manager feature.

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

Solution

Update to Webmin version 1.974 or latest.

See Also

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 113562

Type: remote

Published: 2/2/2023

Updated: 6/1/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31761

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31760, CVE-2021-31761, CVE-2021-31762, CVE-2021-32156, CVE-2021-32157, CVE-2021-32158, CVE-2021-32159, CVE-2021-32160, CVE-2021-32161, CVE-2021-32162