{
    "id": "CVE-2012-2982",
    "published": "2012-09-11 18:55:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:42:27",
    "cvss_score": "6.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via an invalid character in a pathname, as demonstrated by a | (pipe) character.",
    "epss_score": "0.62181",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99157",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:18:33",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gentoo",
            "product": "webmin"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21851",
            "title": "Webmin 1.580 - '/file/show.cgi' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2012-10-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21851"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html",
        "http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507",
        "http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf",
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213",
        "http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html",
        "http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507",
        "http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf",
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213"
    ]
}