CVE-2017-15646

6.1 mediumEPSS 4.8%

Webmin before 1.860 has XSS with resultant remote code execution. Under the 'Others/File Manager' menu, there is a 'Download from remote URL' option to download a file from a remote server. After setting up a malicious server, one can wait for a file download request and then send an XSS payload that will lead to Remote Code Execution, as demonstrated by an OS command in the value attribute of a name='cmd' input element.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-10-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webmin:webmin

References

http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
http://www.webmin.com/security.html
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9
http://www.webmin.com/changes.html

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