CVE-2023-40986 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00408.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Webmin	Webmin

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:2.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

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

History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:28:02.820Z

Reserved: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-40986

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:28:02.820Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-15T01:15:07.910

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:20:04.957

Link: CVE-2023-40986

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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