CVE-2023-38310

Exp

An issue was discovered in Webmin 2.021. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the configuration settings of the system logs functionality. The vulnerability allows an attacker to store an XSS payload in the configuration settings of specific log files. This results in the execution of that payload whenever the affected log files are accessed.

Published: 2023-07-31 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-38310 is rated Exploit Available (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-38310

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38310

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.17% 0.49% +0.32%
2 2025-11-21 0.32% 0.17% -0.15%
3 2025-11-18 0.32%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38310

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38310

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38310

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webmin webmin 2.021 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:2.021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38310

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