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CVE-2012-2981

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2981 describes a vulnerability in Webmin 1.590 and earlier, allowing authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by manipulating the 'type' parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this medium-severity flaw requires authentication and moderate attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in the KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.590CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.140CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.160CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.170CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 1,424 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

americaninfosec.com / research/index.html
github.com / webmin/webmin/commit/ed7365064c189b8f136a9f952062249167d1bd9e
Patch
americaninfosec.com / research/dossiers/AISG-12-000.pdf
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/788478
PatchUS Government Resource
securitytracker.com / id
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf