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Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2022-0824 in the critical feed json

Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in webmin/webmin

published 2022-03-02 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15872

cvss
8.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
97.0%
EPSS 97.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990.

Patch / fix

  • webmin webmin/webmin 1.990

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/webmin_file_manager_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

96.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/webmin_file_manager_rce Webmin File Manager RCE metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2022-02-26
  • EDB-50809 Webmin 1.984 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) webapps, 2022-03-09
  • Nuclei template Webmin <1.990 - Improper Access Control nuclei detection template
  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/d0049a96-de90-4b1a-9111-94de1044f295 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166240/Webmin-1.984-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • notes.netbytesec.com https://notes.netbytesec.com/2022/03/webmin-broken-access-control-to-post-auth-rce.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169700/Webmin-1.984-File-Manager-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • webmin webmin/webmin

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.