# CVE-2022-30708: Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not create

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually created (i.e., not created in Virtualmin or Cloudmin). This occurs because settings-editor_write.cgi does not properly restrict the file parameter.

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## References

- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1635
- https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin
- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1483029790
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases
- https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/releases
- https://webmin.com/changes.html
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/6a2334bf8b27d55c7edf0b2825cd14f3f8a69d4d
- https://github.com/esp0xdeadbeef/rce_webmin/blob/main/exploit.py

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