A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Webmin 2.001 (Software Management Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the file xterm/index.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 11/02/2022 as d3d33af3c0c3fd3a889c84e287a038b7a457d811. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-3844. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.003 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch d3d33af3c0c3fd3a889c84e287a038b7a457d811 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Software Management Software

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• Webmin

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