CVE-2023-40985

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.4) in webmin webmin. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.100. The File Manager functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when any file is searched/replaced.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 41% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2023-09-15
Modified: 2026-07-09
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webmin:webmin

References

https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985
https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985

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