Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability exists in ajaxterm module of Webmin prior to 2.003.

published 2024-07-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36095

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability exists in ajaxterm module of Webmin prior to 2.003. If this vulnerability is exploited, a console session may be hijacked by an unauthorized user. As a result, data within a system may be referred, a webpage may be altered, or a server may be permanently halted.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

gentoo webmin 2.003

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-10)

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Webmin Webmin
gentoo webmin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

References

webmin.com /
product
jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN81442045/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-36451
NVD CVE-2024-36451

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Summary