High severity · published May 15, 2022
CVE-2022-30708
Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not created in Virtualmin or Cloudmin)
8.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not created in Virtualmin or Cloudmin). This occurs because settings-editor_write.cgi does not properly restrict the file parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webmin · Webmin
through 1.991 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30708
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30708
Exploit
https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin
Exploit
https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin/blob/main/exploit.py
Release Notes
https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases
Patch
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/6a2334bf8b27d55c7edf0b2825cd14f3f8a69d4d
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635
Release Notes
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases
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