CVE-2012-2983

file/edit_html.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier does not perform an authorization check before showing a file's unedited contents, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the file field.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cret@cert.org

Published

2012-09-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Webmin (Gentoo)

References

• http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
• http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.pdf
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
• http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
• https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80