Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-12670
CVE-2020-12670
Description
XSS exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Save function of the Read User Email Module / mailboxes Endpoint when attempting to save HTML emails. This module parses any output without sanitizing SCRIPT elements, as opposed to the View function, which sanitizes the input correctly. A malicious user can send any JavaScript payload into the message body and execute it if the user decides to save that email.
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References
1- www.webmin.com/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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