CVE-2017-15646

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    CVE-2017-15646

    Published: 19 Oct 2017Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.850

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High