{"id":"CVE-2020-35769","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-35769","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:28:38.916Z","title":"miniserv.pl in Webmin 1.962 on Windows mishandles special characters in query arguments to the CGI program.","description":"miniserv.pl in Webmin 1.962 on Windows mishandles special characters in query arguments to the CGI program.","published":"2020-12-29T06:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:14:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["webmin/webmin"],"epss":{"score":0.01751,"percentile":0.77724,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7#diff-9b33fd8f5603d4f0d1428689bc36f24af4770608a22c0d92b7a8bcc522450dc6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Webmin-code-execution-via-miniserv-pl-handle-request-34220","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7#diff-9b33fd8f5603d4f0d1428689bc36f24af4770608a22c0d92b7a8bcc522450dc6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Webmin-code-execution-via-miniserv-pl-handle-request-34220","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35769","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}