CVE-2023-38311
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 System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
- Record
CVE-2023-38311- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS: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 System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
- Record
CVE-2023-38311- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42130 No score
An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42130- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xgfv-mhg2-f5q3
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 System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
- Record
GHSA-xgfv-mhg2-f5q3- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS: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 System Logs Viewer functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store a malicious payload in the configuration field, triggering the execution of the payload when saving the configuration or when accessing the System Logs Viewer page.
- Record
CVE-2023-38311- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38311 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 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.