Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15646
CVE-2017-15646
Description
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.
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References
4- github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/0c58892732ee7610a7abba5507614366d382c9c9nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3430nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.webmin.com/changes.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.webmin.com/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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