CVE-2006-4542

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Webmin before 1.296 and Usermin before 1.226 do not properly handle a URL with a null ("%00") character, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS), read CGI program source code, list directories, and possibly execute programs.

Affected products

Usermin: through 1.220; 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 (+26)
Webmin: through 1.2.90; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+52)

References

http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2399776858/index.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21690
http://secunia.com/advisories/22087
http://secunia.com/advisories/22114
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016776
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016777
http://webmin.com/security.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/89_e.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:170
http://www.osvdb.org/28337

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