CVE-2008-0720

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.370 and 1.390 and Usermin 1.300 and 1.320 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to webmin_search.cgi (aka the search section), and possibly other components accessed through a "search box" or "open file box." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Usermin: 1.3, 1.32
Webmin: 1.370, 1.390

References

http://forum.aria-security.net/showthread.php?t=511
http://secunia.com/advisories/28827
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487656/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487678/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27662
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0450
http://forum.aria-security.net/showthread.php?t=511
http://secunia.com/advisories/28827
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487656/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487678/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27662
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0450

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