CVE-2017-15646

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.

CVSS v3.0

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91th percentile

Published

2017-10-19

Updated

2024-09-17

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42989

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-15645
• CVE-2017-15647
• CVE-2017-15644
• CVE-2017-15649
• CVE-2017-15643
• CVE-2017-15654