CVE-2023-52046

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Published Jan 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.566% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

May 30, 2025 3:15 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: May 30, 2025, 2:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 25, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 30, 2025, 2:15 PM
Reserved: Dec 26, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:48 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:48 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 25, 2024, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM

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