Webmin 1.x - HTML Email Command Execution

Author: Keigo Yamazaki
type: webapps
platform: cgi
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date_added: 2004-09-07 
date_updated: 2013-03-04 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11122/info

Webmin / Usermin are reportedly affected by a command execution vulnerability when rendering HTML email messages. This issue is due to a failure to sanitize HTML email messages and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable computer.

This issue is reported to affect Usermin versions 1.080 and prior.

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