CVE-2023-52046 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) in webmin v.2.105 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the "Execute cron job as" tab Input field.

Published: 2024-01-25

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Acklee/webadmin_xss/blob/main/xss.md

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Webmin Webmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:15:54.257Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-52046

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:12.150Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-25T21:15:08.730

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:27.030

Link: CVE-2023-52046

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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