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CVE-2012-2983

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
11/09/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.590 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.210:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.220:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.230:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.240:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.260:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.270:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.280:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.290:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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