CVE-2019-12840

high-risk
Published 2019-06-15

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.

Do I need to act?

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87.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 12% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal