Webmin is a narrowly focused web-based system administration platform with a small product portfolio—chiefly Webmin, Usermin, and Userwin—that despite modest scope achieves significant deployment density across Unix and Linux server infrastructure, particularly in smaller hosting environments and self-managed deployments. Vulnerabilities affecting this vendor skew toward serious outcomes, with a meaningful share reaching critical severity, and frequently acquire public exploit code; the vendor's disclosures have recurred in lists of widely exploited flaws across the infrastructure sector. The exposure concentrates consistently around web-tier input handling and access control, expressed through weakness classes including cross-site scripting, OS command injection, cross-site request forgery, and improper access control—characteristic of a remotely accessible administration interface with a large native-code footprint. The combination of internet-facing deployment, command-execution capability, and exploit availability makes this vendor a persistent target for both opportunistic scanning and targeted compromise. Current exploitation activity, severity distribution, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Webmin over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (116 CVEs).
116 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2019-15107CRITICAL An issue was discovered in Webmin <=1.920. The parameter old in password_change.cgi contains a command injection vulnerability. | Aug 16, 2019 | 9.8 | 99 | YES | YES |
CVE-2022-36446CRITICAL software/apt-lib.pl in Webmin before 1.997 lacks HTML escaping for a UI command. | Jul 25, 2022 | 9.8 | 94 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-0824HIGH Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990. | Mar 2, 2022 | 8.8 | 90 | NO | YES |
CVE-2019-12840HIGH 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. | Jun 15, 2019 | 8.8 | 85 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-3392MEDIUM Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated using ".. | Jul 6, 2006 | 5.0 | 83 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-8821MEDIUM An Improper Data Validation Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Command Shell Endpoint. A user may enter HTML code into the Command field and submit it. | Oct 12, 2020 | 5.4 | 62 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-15642HIGH rpc.cgi in Webmin through 1.920 allows authenticated Remote Code Execution via a crafted object name because unserialise_variable makes an eval call. NOTE: the Webmin_Servers_Index | Aug 26, 2019 | 8.8 | 61 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-31761CRITICAL Webmin 1.973 is affected by reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to achieve Remote Command Execution through Webmin's running process feature. | Apr 25, 2021 | 9.6 | 59 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-35606HIGH Arbitrary command execution can occur in Webmin through 1.962. Any user authorized for the Package Updates module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via vectors in | Dec 21, 2020 | 8.8 | 53 | NO | YES |
CVE-2019-9624HIGH Webmin 1.900 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the "Java file manager" and "Upload and Download" privileges to upload a crafted .cgi file via the /upd | Mar 7, 2019 | 7.8 | 50 | NO | YES |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (116 CVEs).
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