CVE-2023-41157
Published: 16 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-41157 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Webmin Usermin. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-45676
Vulnerability details
Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Usermin 2.000 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the folder name parameter while creating the folder to manage the folder tab, filter tab, and forward mail tab.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.