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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.