CVE-2017-2106 — Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Webmin versions prior to 1

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Webmin versions prior to 1.830 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Webmin versions prior to 1.830 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-04-28T16:59:00.887
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• jvn.jp — http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34207650/index.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96227
• github.com — https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/475cc4fbdf51c865b291d252d81a58bad05de0c7
• jvn.jp — http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34207650/index.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96227
• github.com — https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/475cc4fbdf51c865b291d252d81a58bad05de0c7