CVE-2008-0720
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmin 1.370 and 1.390 and Usermin 1.300 and 1.320 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to webmin_search.cgi (aka the search section), and possibly other components accessed through a "search box" or "open file box." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (69th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0730)
- Published
- February 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0730 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- webmin / usermin
- webmin / usermin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
References
- http://forum.aria-security.net/showthread.php?t=511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28827(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487656/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487678/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27662
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0450
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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