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CVE-2022-30708
Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not…
High8.8EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not created in Virtualmin or Cloudmin). This occurs because settings-editor_write.cgi does not properly restrict the file parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://webmin.com/changes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/6a2334bf8b27d55c7edf0b2825cd14f3f8a69d4d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin/blob/main/exploit.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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