Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8821
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 79.1% (higher than 99.6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)79.1%top 0.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An Improper Data Validation Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Command Shell Endpoint. A user may enter HTML code into the Command field and submit it. Then, after visiting the Action Logs Menu and displaying logs, the HTML code will be rendered (however, JavaScript is not executed). Changes are kept across users.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.webmin.com/security.html x_refsource_MISC