CVE-2023-40986

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Published Sep 15, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Usermin Configuration function of Webmin v2.100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web sripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom field.

Affected Products

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:2.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45525	A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Usermin Configuration function of Webmin v2.100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web sripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom field.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.475% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40986

History

Sep 25, 2024 4:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Webmin Webmin

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 15, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:28 AM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 15, 2023, 1:15 AM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

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