CVE-2012-2983 in Webmin

Summary

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.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 05/30/2012
• Disclosure: 09/11/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-6121 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-287 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 6.5
• EPSS: 0.50929
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2983
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2983
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-2983/