{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-40985 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 15 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40985 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 15 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-40985 exists.\n\nAffected product: Webmin Webmin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40985/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40985","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40985/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40985","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m8xw-xh7f-gj9q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Webmin File Manager","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can inject malicious scripts into Webmin's File Manager, executing code in victims' browsers during file search or replace operations.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"webmin","vendor":"webmin"}],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.100. The File Manager functionality allows an attacker to exploit a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By providing a malicious payload, an attacker can inject arbitrary code, which is then executed within the context of the victim's browser when any file is searched/replaced.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40985","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"webmin:webmin","products":["webmin:webmin"],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40986"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40984"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2023-09-15","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Webmin Command Injection","id":"CVE-2019-15107","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2019-08-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-2201","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2005-11-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2001-1196","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2002-03-15"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Webmin CGI Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-12828","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-36446","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35769","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-12-29"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-8712","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-09","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can inject malicious scripts into Webmin's File Manager, executing code in victims' browsers during file search or replace operations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40985/"}