01 Record
CVE-2012-2983
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: certcc
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 20.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-09-11 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-30
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8e002ca8f1d9605519f933bd4cf50875e7e3fbfaf36043b30f54b4d1b5a7d359
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.americaninfosec.comhttp://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.pdf
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#788478http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478
- www.securitytracker.com1027507http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
- americaninfosec.comhttp://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80
- www.xerox.comhttp://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf