CVE-2017-9313

Multiple Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Webmin before 1.850 allow remote attackers...

6.1 Medium

Multiple Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Webmin before 1.850 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sec parameter to view_man.cgi, the referers parameter to change_referers.cgi, or the name parameter to save_user.cgi. NOTE: these issues were not fixed in 1.840.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.39%Down 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2017-9313
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-9313
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-18248 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-18248
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-93m5-952c-4mxx 6.1

Multiple Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Webmin before 1.850 allow remote attackers...

Record: GHSA-93m5-952c-4mxx
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2017-9313
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

webmin

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-9313 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Webmin, published July 4, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.39%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.