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High severity · published Apr 25, 2021
CVE-2021-31762
Webmin 1.973 is affected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to create a privileged user through Webmin's add users feature, and then get a reverse shell through Webmin's running…
8.8
CVSS
8.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Webmin 1.973 is affected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to create a privileged user through Webmin's add users feature, and then get a reverse shell through Webmin's running process feature.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)8.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webmin · Webmin
1.973 · source: NVD
Affected product
WE
Webmin
Webmin
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31762
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31762
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163492/Webmin-1.973-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
Exploit
https://github.com/Mesh3l911/CVE-2021-31762
Exploit
https://github.com/electronicbots/CVE-2021-31762
Product
https://github.com/webmin/webmin
Exploit
https://youtu.be/qCvEXwyaF5U
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