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>> Webmin and Usermin Cross Site Scripting and Source Code Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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Title : Webmin and Usermin Cross Site Scripting and Source Code Disclosure Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3424
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4542
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-09-01
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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Webmin and Usermin, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information or execute arbitrary scripting code.
The first issue is due to an error when handling malformed URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to cause malicious scripting code to be executed by the user's browser.
The second flaw is due to an error when handling malformed URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to display the source code or arbitrary CGI and Perl scripts.
Affected Products
Webmin versions prior to 1.296
Usermin versions prior to 1.226
Solution
Upgrade to Webmin version 1.300 and Usermin version 1.230 :
http://webmin.com/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3424
http://webmin.com/security.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Keigo Yamazaki
ChangeLog
2006-09-01 : Initial release
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