Webmin through 2.670 Stored XSS via Shorewall and Shorewall6 list.cgi
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fix or patch referenced
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 8/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
A stored cross-site scripting flaw in the Shorewall and Shorewall6 modules of Webmin lets an attacker run JavaScript in the browsers of other users, including root, when they view the affected list page. The attacker must reach it remotely over the network while logged in with high privileges, and a user must open the list page for the script to run.
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Read the original description
Webmin through 2.670 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Shorewall and Shorewall6 modules' list.cgi, which renders table fields and COMMENT lines unescaped. Authenticated users with table edit permission can store JavaScript via savecmt.cgi or table entries that executes when other users, including root, view the list page.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity4.8/10CVSS 4.8
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 63 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 58 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 27 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- webmin webmin
through 2.670
Evidence 6
- Patch
- Report
- Repository
- Repository
- Repository
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-124552
Is CVE-2026-124552 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124552?
webmin: through 2.670.Source: cve.now feed data