Vulnerability · Published Jul 31, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-38305
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. The download functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a crafted download path containing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when the download link is accessed.