🛡️ CVE-2023-38306
🟡 CVSS 6.1 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-79 NVD
6.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Bypass vulnerability was discovered in the file upload functionality. Normally, the application restricts the upload of certain file types such as .svg, .php, etc., and displays an error message if a prohibited file type is detected. However, by following certain steps, an attacker can bypass these restrictions and inject malicious code.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-07-31
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webmin

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