CVE-2017-15646

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductWebmin
PublishedOct 19, 2017
First seenOct 19, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
webmin webminv ≤ 1.850—

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