Usermin through 2.570 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in mailbox/detach.cgi that allows remote attackers to execute script by supplying an arbitrary type parameter that bypasses JavaScript filtering. Attackers can email an HTML attachment containing script and lure recipients to a detach.cgi link with type=text/html to run script in the victim's authenticated Usermin session.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/usermin-through-2.570-xss-via-mailbox-detach-cgi-type-parameter
https://hackmd.io/@leediay/H144QKY6zl
https://github.com/webmin/usermin/issues/142
https://github.com/webmin/usermin/commit/c5c43b9ad04a60809ac2eb271bf8f3d0fec2e46a
https://github.com/webmin/usermin/blob/2.570/mailbox/detach.cgi#L80-L83
Published: 2026-11-06
Updated: 2026-11-12
Base Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00259