MEDIUM
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
Published May 31, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.92%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.540
- 0.75
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- 1.000
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.92% 0.01919
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01919
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01919) | 79.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01919) | 77.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 62.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 73.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 71.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 19, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 68.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 64.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/22/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025438 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:109 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517658 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47558 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO7JLIGUf0 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://javierb.com.ar/2011/04/24/xss-webmin-1-540/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/22/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8264 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1025438 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:109 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517658 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47558 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO7JLIGUf0 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/46e3d3ad195dcdc1af1795c96b6e0dc778fb6881 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 31, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 9, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1937
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a