01 Record
CVE-2019-15642
rpc.cgi in Webmin through 1.920 allows authenticated Remote Code Execution via a crafted object name because unserialise_variable makes an eval call. NOTE: the Webmin_Servers_Index documentation
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
rpc.cgi in Webmin through 1.920 allows authenticated Remote Code Execution via a crafted object name because unserialise_variable makes an eval call. NOTE: the Webmin_Servers_Index documentation
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
- 36.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2019-08-26 17:07Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3177cc699db0fbe9c820a0435127beae498658f9b056b37487d0bcbde709b060
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.calypt.comhttps://www.calypt.com/blog/index.php/authenticated-rce-on-webmin/
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/df8a43fb4bdc9c858874f72773bcba597ae9432c
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmin/webmin/blob/ab5e00e41ea1ecc1e24b8f8693f3495a0abb1aed/rpc.cgi#L26-L37
- doxfer.webmin.comhttps://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Webmin_Servers_Index