CVE-2023-40985

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-09-15 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.100. The File Manager functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when any file is searched/replaced.

Affected products

Webmin: 2.100

References

https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985
https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985

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