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Webmin < 1.870 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98674

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Synopsis

Webmin < 1.870 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Webmin install hosted on the remote host is prior to 1.870. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

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 1.870 or latest.

See Also

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 98674

Type: remote

Published: 9/4/2019

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17089

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17089

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17089

BID: 102339