Vulnerability CVE-2011-1937
Published: 2011-05-31   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.540 and earlier allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a chfn command that changes the real (aka Full Name) field, related to useradmin/index.cgi and useradmin/user-lib.pl.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Webmin 1.540 XSS privilege escalation
Javier Bassi
02.06.2011

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Webmin -> Webmin 

 References:
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO7JLIGUf0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47558
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517658
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:109
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025438
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8264
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/22/1
http://javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/
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