Webmin
CVE-2019-12840
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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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. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. 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. Affected products include: Webmin. Version information: through 1.910.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in Webmin <=1.920. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via an invalid
file/edit_html.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier does not perform an authorization check before showing a file's unedited
software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), thi
Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990. Rated high severity
SSRF exists in Webmin 1.850 via the PATH_INFO to tunnel/link.cgi, as demonstrated by a GET request for tunnel/link.cgi/h
Webmin 1.900 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the "Java file manager" and "Upload and Dow
Usermin 0.980 through 1.x before 1.660 allows uconfig_save.cgi sig_file_free remote code execution because it uses the t
Webmin 1.973 is affected by reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin's ru
CSRF exists in Webmin 1.850. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authenticati
Usermin through 1.850 allows a remote authenticated user to execute OS commands via command injection in a filename for
Webmin through 1.991, when the Authentic theme is used, allows remote code execution when a user has been manually creat
GitHub PoC