CVE-2019-12840

VendorwebminProductwebminDiscoveredJun 15, 2019UpdatedNov 21, 2024

In Webmin through 1.910, any user authorized to the "Package Updates" module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the data parameter to update.cgi.

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CVSS v3.1

8.8 HIGH

EPSS

77.6%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

EPSS Trend

Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026

▼ 0.19pp

77.8% → 77.6% over 11 tracked changes

CVSS v3.1 Detail

Attack VectorNETWORK

Attack ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

ScopeUNCHANGED

ConfidentialityHIGH

IntegrityHIGH

AvailabilityHIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Connections

2 relationships

CWE-78

source

Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Jun 15, 2019

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024

Public PoC (7)

github.com/bkaraceylan/CVE-2019-12840_POC github.com/KrE80r/webmin_cve-2019-12840_poc github.com/anasbousselham/webminscan github.com/zAbuQasem/CVE-2019-12840 github.com/WizzzStark/CVE-2019-12840.py github.com/Pol-Ruiz/PoC-CVE-2019-12840 github.com/note0577/CVE-2019-12840-NodeJs-Exploit

Unverified third-party code — review before executing.