VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2983

file/edit_html.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier does not perform an authorization check before showing a file's unedited contents, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the file field.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 20.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 20.46% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-287
Affected: gentoo/webmin
Source: cret@cert.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 20.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.