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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2983 · published 11 September 2012

CVE-2012-2983: Gentoo webmin improper authentication vulnerability

Gentoo · Webmin

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 20% · top 2.6% CWE-287 · Improper authentication
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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 field.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80
http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2983), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.