Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-40985

Title: Webmin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-40985.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Sep 15, 2023

Modified Date Jul 09, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.47%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-40985: An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.100. The File Manager functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when any file is searched/replaced.

Impacted Vendors

webmin 1

gentoo 1

Reference Links

http://webmin.com https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985 http://webmin.com https://github.com/Vi39/Webmin-2.100/blob/main/CVE-2023-40985

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-40985 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

July 09, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

July 05, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 15, 2023 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.