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UK Cyber Defence
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%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
20.46% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
gentoo/webmin
Source
cret@cert.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.