🛡️ CVE-2022-30708
🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-15
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webmin — 1.991

References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://webmin.com/changes.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://webmin.com/changes.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790

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