THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-15644
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-15644

Webmin vulnerability

CVSS
8.6
EPSS
8.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
SSRF exists in Webmin 1.850 via the PATH_INFO to tunnel/link.cgi, as demonstrated by a GET request for tunnel/link.cgi/http://INTRANET-IP:8000.
Affected vendor
Webmin
Affected product
Webmin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2017-10-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-15644

  • Confirm whether Webmin Webmin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-15644.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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