CVE-2022-36446 — software/apt-lib

software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

01What is this vulnerability?

software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2022-07-25T05:56:47.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T10:07:34.060Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde
• github.com — https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.h…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injec…