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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4893 · published 11 September 2012

CVE-2012-4893: Gentoo webmin cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Gentoo · Webmin

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that (1) read files or execute (2) tar, (3) zip, or (4) gzip commands, a different issue than CVE-2012-2982.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.85% · top 43.6% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
0.85%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that (1) read files or execute (2) tar, (3) zip, or (4) gzip commands, a different issue than CVE-2012-2982.

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

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-12-001.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478 US Government Resource
http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478 US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4893), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.