CVE-2022-36446 is a critical vulnerability affecting Webmin versions prior to 1.997, specifically within the software/apt-lib.pl component, due to a lack of HTML escaping for a UI command. This flaw has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating an easily exploitable network-based attack with no user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and it has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting a high likelihood of active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.997CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.