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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-38308

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the HTTP Tunnel functionality when handling third-party domain URLs. By providing a crafted URL from a third-party domain, an attacker can inject malicious code. leading to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of the victim's browser.

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CVE-2023-38308
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4 Nov 2026, 13:23 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-38308

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jul 2023, 00:00 UTC

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the HTTP Tunnel functionality when handling third-party domain URLs. By providing a crafted URL from a third-party domain, an attacker can inject malicious code. leading to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of the victim's browser.

osv:CVE-2023-38308
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38308",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.579031841Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 503011,
  "published_at": "2023-07-31T00:00:00+00:00"
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