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CVE-2017-15645

CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850.

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 3.23%

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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850. By sending a GET request to at/create_job.cgi containing dir=/&cmd= in the URI, an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.23% probability · 88th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 15 October 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-352
Affected
webmin/webmin
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 3.23%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 3.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-42989source ↗Webmin 1.850 - Multiple Vulnerabilitiescgi · hyp3rlinxwebapps15 October 2017no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.