CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38303

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.71%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021 that allows for a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack to achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) through the Users and Group's real name parameter.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to the system and execute arbitrary commands, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Webmin to the latest version and monitor the users and groups' parameters for potential attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. One can exploit a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack to achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) through the Users and Group's real name parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS