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CVE-2022-36446

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

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

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

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

95.9%Up 95.1 points since Jul 26, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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

Record
CVE-2022-36446
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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

Record
CVE-2022-36446
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-39156 No score

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

Record
EUVD-2022-39156
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3q8j-9w3h-v6p5 9.8

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

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

Record
GHSA-3q8j-9w3h-v6p5
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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

Record
CVE-2022-36446
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBWebmin 1.996 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)2022-08-01
MetasploitWebmin Package Updates RCE2022-07-26
NucleiWebmin <1.997 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
PoC in GitHubKang3639/CVE-2022-364462024-06-11
PoC in GitHubdarnabin/CVE-2022-36446-Webmin-RCE2026-07-04
PoC in GitHubemirpolatt/CVE-2022-364462022-09-09
PoC in GitHubp0dalirius/CVE-2022-36446-Webmin-Software-Package-Updates-RCE2022-08-11

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

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In short

CVE-2022-36446 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Webmin, published July 25, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 95.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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