CVE-2022-36446

Webmin 1.996 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

El archivo software/apt-lib.pl en Webmin versiones anteriores a 1.997, carece de escape HTML para un comando de la Interfaz de Usuario

Webmin version 1.996 suffers from an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-07-25 CVE Reserved
2022-07-25 CVE Published
2022-08-01 First Exploit
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/167894	2022-08-01
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/168049	2022-08-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998	2024-08-03
https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-36446-Webmin-Software-Package-Updates-RCE	2022-08-23
https://github.com/emirpolatt/CVE-2022-36446	2022-09-09
https://github.com/Kang3639/CVE-2022-36446	2024-06-11
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injection.html	2024-08-03
https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde	2022-10-06

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Webmin Search vendor "Webmin"		Webmin Search vendor "Webmin" for product "Webmin"				< 1.997 Search vendor "Webmin" for product "Webmin" and version " < 1.997"		-		Affected