CVE-2021-31761 describes a critical reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin version 1.973, which can be leveraged to achieve Remote Command Execution via the application's running process feature. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score of 0.819, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-50144) exists for a related Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.973CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.973:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.