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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-31761

Webmin 1.973 is affected by reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin's running process feature.

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CVE-2021-31761
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31 Oct 2026, 11:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-31761

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Apr 2021, 19:15 UTC

Webmin 1.973 is affected by reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin's running process feature.

osv:CVE-2021-31761
Complete source record
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  "id": "7f0000a7328ba1f11e79e515ce67e642b6cbb857f78bef80fce241c73ca83598",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31761",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-31761",
    "summary": "Webmin 1.973 is affected by reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin's running process feature.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-31761",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-31761",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-31761"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/webmin/webmin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d7323047251d03763064e7478d1e176546dd24f4"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.973:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "1.973"
                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-31761.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:40.573206083Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin",
        "https://github.com/Mesh3l911/CVE-2021-31761",
        "https://github.com/electronicbots/CVE-2021-31761",
        "https://youtu.be/23VvUMu-28c"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-31761",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385863,
  "published_at": "2021-04-25T19:15:08.207+00:00"
}