XSS in xmlrpc.cgi in Webmin - CVE-2015-1990
Published: October 12, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU838
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1990
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Webmin
Affected software:
Webmin
Webmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data passed to "xmlrpc.cgi". A remote attacker can trick the authenticated victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1990
Update to version 1.760.