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CVE-2023-38304

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was...

5.4 Medium

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.4 points since Aug 1, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.4

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Record
CVE-2023-38304
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Record
CVE-2023-38304
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42123 No score

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Record
EUVD-2023-42123
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6w5-xrw6-ph6m 5.4

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was...

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Record
GHSA-m6w5-xrw6-ph6m
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Users and Groups functionality, allowing an attacker to store a malicious payload in the Group Name field when creating a new group.

Record
CVE-2023-38304
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2023-38304 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Webmin, published July 31, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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