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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8820

An XSS Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Cluster Shell Commands Endpoint. A user may enter any XSS Payload into the Command field and execute it. Then, after revisiting the Cluster Shell Commands Menu, the XSS Payload will be rendered and executed.

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CVE-2020-8820
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1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8820

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Oct 2020, 16:15 UTC

An XSS Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Cluster Shell Commands Endpoint. A user may enter any XSS Payload into the Command field and execute it. Then, after revisiting the Cluster Shell Commands Menu, the XSS Payload will be rendered and executed.

osv:CVE-2020-8820
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8820",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An XSS Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Cluster Shell Commands Endpoint. A user may enter any XSS Payload into the Command field and execute it. Then, after revisiting the Cluster Shell Commands Menu, the XSS Payload will be rendered and executed.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8820",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.055067551Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438994,
  "published_at": "2020-10-12T16:15:12.513+00:00"
}