CVE-2022-30708

high

Description

Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not created in Virtualmin or Cloudmin). This occurs because settings-editor_write.cgi does not properly restrict the file parameter.

References

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https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases

https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635

https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/6a2334bf8b27d55c7edf0b2825cd14f3f8a69d4d

https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790

https://webmin.com/changes.html

https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin/blob/main/exploit.py

https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-05-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01815