CVE-2024-36451 Missing authorization in Webmin
An unauthorized user can hijack a console session in Webmin's ajaxterm module, leading to data exposure, modification, or server shutdown.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-36451?
CVE-2024-36451 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 10 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-280
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36451?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webmin Webmin.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36451?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-36451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Webmin Webmin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4cjw-fj8x-xj3r.