9.0
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2019-12840
Webmin Root Command Execution Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 15, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:23 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12840 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Webmin webmin
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade to Webmin 1.920 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12840 has a 15 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12840 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 10, 2025, 6:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 105 different CVEs too.

Authenticated Remote Command Execution - Webmin <= 1.910

JavaScript

Updated: 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 4, 2025, 2:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

HTML Python Shell

Updated: 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 13, 2025, 8:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 891 different CVEs too.

Esto es una prueba de concepto propia i basica de la vulneravilidad CVE-2019-12840 la qual te da un RCE en root

Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 25, 2024, 11:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
49 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2022, 3:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 149 different CVEs too.

POC集合,框架nday漏洞利用

Updated: 3 months ago
429 stars 55 fork 55 watcher
Born at : April 4, 2022, 5:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 105 different CVEs too.

POC: CVE-2019-12840 (Authenticated RCE - Webmin Package Updates)

Python

Updated: 4 years ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2021, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2019-12840

Python

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 30, 2021, 5:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
37 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
18 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1053 different CVEs too.

Webmin Exploit Scanner CVE-2020-35606 CVE-2019-12840

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 23, 2020, 6:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
84 stars 31 fork 31 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1114 different CVEs too.

A standalone POC for CVE-2019-12840

Python

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
8 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Nov. 9, 2019, 5:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PoC for Webmin Package Update Authenticated Remote Command Execution

exploit

Python

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 5, 2019, 7:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

IoT CVEs as abnormal events to evaluate a real-time host-based IDS. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2022.03.001

iot cves ids dataset anomaly-detection real-time stream-processing host-based security

Shell Dockerfile Python Ruby

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
11 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Oct. 9, 2019, 8:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-12840 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12840 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153372/Webmin-1.910-Remote-Command-Execution.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108790
    Added Reference https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1910-Package-Updates-Remote-Command-Execution.html
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46984
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-78
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153372/Webmin-1.910-Remote-Command-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108790 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1910-Package-Updates-Remote-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1910-Package-Updates-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46984 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46984 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.910
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

88.03 }} -0.23%

score

0.99455

percentile