CVE-2023-40985: Webmin

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Webmin Webmin: version 2.100 only

Published 2023-09-15. Last modified 2026-07-09.