CVE-2012-4893

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2012-4893 · Published 11/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4893 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting webmin (gentoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.85%, higher than 58.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webmin gentoo	`= 1.140= 1.150= 1.160= 1.170= 1.180= 1.200= 1.210= 1.220= 1.230= 1.240= 1.260= 1.270= 1.280= 1.290= 1.300= 1.310= 1.320= 1.330= 1.340= 1.370= 1.380= 1.390= 1.400= 1.410= 1.420= 1.430= 1.440= 1.450= 1.470= 1.480= 1.500= 1.510= 1.520= 1.530= 1.550= 1.560= 1.570= 1.580≤ 1.590`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that (1) read files or execute (2) tar, (3) zip, or (4) gzip commands, a different issue than CVE-2012-2982.

References

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

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

webmin

gentoo

= 1.140= 1.150= 1.160= 1.170= 1.180= 1.200= 1.210= 1.220= 1.230= 1.240= 1.260= 1.270= 1.280= 1.290= 1.300= 1.310= 1.320= 1.330= 1.340= 1.370= 1.380= 1.390= 1.400= 1.410= 1.420= 1.430= 1.440= 1.450= 1.470= 1.480= 1.500= 1.510= 1.520= 1.530= 1.550= 1.560= 1.570= 1.580≤ 1.590

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