High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-30708
CVE-2022-30708
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.
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Affected products
4- Range: <1.991
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/6a2334bf8b27d55c7edf0b2825cd14f3f8a69d4dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin/blob/main/exploit.pynvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/webmin/webmin/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- webmin.com/changes.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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