CVE-2022-0829 Improper Authorization in webmin/webmin
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0829 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-0829 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 2 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Webmin Webmin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0829/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0829/index.md)
An attacker can bypass authorization checks in Webmin to gain unauthorized access or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-0829?
CVE-2022-0829 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 2 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Authorization in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0829?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webmin Webmin.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0829?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-0829 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Webmin Webmin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xghp-2wj5-qcmq.