01 Record
CVE-2011-1937
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-05-31 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ae243f1e1c8d457e53b207d26f282379adb0b511f6d136af97dbe1ca57c58169
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110524 Re: CVE Request: Webmin Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilityhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/7
- www.youtube.comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO7JLIGUf0
- securitytracker.com1025438http://securitytracker.com/id?1025438
- www.securityfocus.com20110424 XSS in Webmin 1.540 + exploit for privilege escalationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517658
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110522 CVE Request: Webmin Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilityhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/22/1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:109http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:109
- securityreason.com8264http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8264
- javierb.com.arhttp://javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/
- www.securityfocus.com47558http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47558