High severity · published Oct 19, 2017
CVE-2017-15645
CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850
8.8
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850. By sending a GET request to at/create_job.cgi containing dir=/&cmd= in the URI, an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webmin · Webmin
through 1.850 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15645
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15645
Release Notes
http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/security.html
Exploit
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430
Patch
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9
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