Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2023
CVE-2023-40986
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Usermin Configuration function of Webmin v2.100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web sripts or HTML via a crafted…
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Usermin Configuration function of Webmin v2.100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web sripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom field.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webmin · Webmin
2.100 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40986
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40986
Exploit
https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40986
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