CVE-2023-38309

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the package search functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject a malicious payload in the "Search for Package" field, which gets reflected back in the application's response, leading to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of the victim's browser.

Affected products

Webmin: 2.021

References

https://github.com/jaysharma786/Webmin-2.021/blob/main/CVE-2023-38309
https://webmin.com/tags/webmin-changelog/
https://github.com/jaysharma786/Webmin-2.021/blob/main/CVE-2023-38309
https://webmin.com/tags/webmin-changelog/

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