SB2025050203 - Privilege escalation in Webmin
Published: May 2, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025050203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2774)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data when handling CGI requests. A remote authenticated user can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.