Cross-site request forgery in Webmin - CVE-2021-31762
Published: April 26, 2021 / Updated: November 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52556
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31762
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Webmin
Affected software:
Webmin
Webmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin within the add users feature. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as create a privileged user account.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-31762
Install update from vendor's website.