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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-12840

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.

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CVE-2019-12840
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1 Nov 2026, 07:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-12840

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jun 2019, 20:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-12840
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12840",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          ],
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.859313916Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1910-Package-Updates-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46984"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-12840",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436630,
  "published_at": "2019-06-15T20:29:00.287+00:00"
}