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CVE-2011-1937
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.540 and earlier allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a chfn…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.540 and earlier allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a chfn command that changes the real (aka Full Name) field, related to useradmin/index.cgi and useradmin/user-lib.pl.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20110524 Re: CVE Request: Webmin Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO7JLIGUf0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1025438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20110424 XSS in Webmin 1.540 + exploit for privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110522 CVE Request: Webmin Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 8264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 47558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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