CVE-2022-36446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

Published: 2022-07-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 92.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.9293.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injection.html
https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.93797}`	epss `{'score': 0.94123}`

Subscriptions

Webmin Webmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-07-25T05:56:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:07:34.060Z

Reserved: 2022-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36446

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-25T06:15:07.900

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:13:01.783

Link: CVE-2022-36446

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-116

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