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CVE-2019-15107

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15107 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Webmin versions up to 1.920, specifically within the 'old' parameter of the password_change.cgi script. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe unauthenticated remote attack that can lead to complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). It is actively exploited in the wild, with readily available exploit code in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community and media attention, including its use by Mirai and Roboto botnets.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.920CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Metasploit: Webmin password_change.cgi Backdoor · Aug 10, 2019
Nuclei: CVE-2019-15107 · Sep 25, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-47293 · Aug 19, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9977 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154141/Webmin-1.920-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154141/Webmin-Remote-Comman-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154197/Webmin-1.920-password_change.cgi-Backdoor.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154485/Webmin-1.920-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
attackerkb.com / topics/hxx3zmiCkR/webmin-password-change-cgi-command-injection
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/47230
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
pentest.com.tr / exploits/DEFCON-Webmin-1920-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
webmin.com / security.html
Vendor Advisory