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CVE-2012-4893

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4893 describes multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Webmin versions 1.590 and earlier, specifically within the file/show.cgi component, affecting products like Gentoo Webmin. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions to read files or execute tar, zip, or gzip commands. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and results in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

americaninfosec.com / research/index.html
americaninfosec.com / research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/788478
US Government Resource