Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-4542

Title: Webmin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-4542.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Sep 05, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-4542: Webmin before 1.296 and Usermin before 1.226 do not properly handle a URL with a null ("%00") character, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS), read CGI program source code, list directories, and possibly execute programs.

Impacted Vendors

usermin 1

gentoo 1

webmin 1

Reference Links

http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2399776858/index.html http://secunia.com/advisories/21690 http://secunia.com/advisories/22087 http://secunia.com/advisories/22114 http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016776 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016777 http://webmin.com/security.html http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/89_e.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:170 http://www.osvdb.org/28337 http://www.osvdb.org/28338 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19820 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3424 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28699 http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2399776858/index.html http://secunia.com/advisories/21690 http://secunia.com/advisories/22087 http://secunia.com/advisories/22114 http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016776 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016777 http://webmin.com/security.html http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/89_e.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:170 http://www.osvdb.org/28337 http://www.osvdb.org/28338 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19820 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3424 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28699

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-4542 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 05, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.