# CVE-2022-36446: software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-07-25 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/13f7bf9621a82d93f1e9dbd838d1e22020221bde
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/compare/1.996...1.997
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167894/Webmin-1.996-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50998
- https://gist.github.com/emirpolatt/cf19d6c0128fa3e25ebb47e09243919b
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168049/Webmin-Package-Updates-Command-Injection.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/webmin_package_updates_rce.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-36446.yaml
- https://github.com/Kang3639/CVE-2022-36446
- https://github.com/darnabin/CVE-2022-36446-Webmin-RCE
- https://github.com/emirpolatt/CVE-2022-36446
- https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-36446-Webmin-Software-Package-Updates-RCE

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