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$ cve CVE-2019-12840 JSON

CVE-2019-12840 EXPLOIT

8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 77.8% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

In Webmin through 1.910, any user authorized to the "Package Updates" module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the data parameter to update.cgi.

Scoring

CVSS8.8 (HIGH, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS77.84% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-78
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2019-06-15
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
webminwebmin

Public exploits

References

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