CVE-2024-36451 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability exists in ajaxterm module of Webmin prior to 2.003. If this vulnerability is exploited, a console session may be hijacked by an unauthorized user. As a result, data within a system may be referred, a webpage may be altered, or a server may be permanently halted.

Published: 2024-07-10

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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

Webmin

Webmin

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to 2.003`	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 Low

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 0.00149.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN81442045/
https://webmin.com/

History

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Webmin Webmin webmin
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin::::::::
Vendors & Products		Webmin Webmin webmin

Subscriptions

Gentoo Webmin

Webmin Webmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2024-07-10T07:01:26.121Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.144Z

Reserved: 2024-05-28T05:38:38.739Z

Link: CVE-2024-36451

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-10T13:44:49.579Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-10T07:15:03.040

Modified: 2025-10-08T16:54:20.577

Link: CVE-2024-36451

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-280

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