Cross-site scripting in Webmin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Webmin before 2.640 allows mailboxes/detach.cgi XSS via an SVG document attachment that is viewed in the mailboxes component, because image/svg+xml is used instead of a safe type (e.g., text/plain).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Webmin (Webmin) Fixed in 2.640
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Webmin 2.640
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-36327 Path traversal in WebminPriority MEDIUM 43
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49102
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2rpj-3356-c2rw
References
More Webmin vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-11278 An issue was discovered in Webmin <=1.920. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-16770 software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-00731 Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in webmin/webmin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-09619 In Webmin through 1.910, any user authorized to the "Package Updates" module can execute… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-01866 Code injection in Usermin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2022-15852 Usermin through 1.850 allows a remote authenticated user to execute OS commands via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-49102 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-49102 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2rpj-3356-c2rw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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