Security advisory

{
  "id": "3b47883ee4585b0181798d627b0734269fc06d099af161a676d7b99bb2c23b67",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15642",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-15642",
    "summary": "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 documentation states \"RPC can be used to run any command or modify any file on a server, which is why access to it must not be granted to un-trusted Webmin users.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-15642",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-15642",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-15642"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/webmin/webmin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b1349bfc27292b993fd6b811a9e374883b6a83a8"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "df8a43fb4bdc9c858874f72773bcba597ae9432c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.920"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "df8a43fb4bdc9c858874f72773bcba597ae9432c"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.920",
            "1.910",
            "1.900",
            "1.890",
            "1.880",
            "1.870",
            "1.860",
            "1.850",
            "1.840",
            "1.831",
            "1.830",
            "1.820",
            "1.810",
            "1.801",
            "1.800",
            "1.790",
            "1.780",
            "1.770",
            "1.760",
            "1.750",
            "1.740",
            "1.730",
            "1.720",
            "1.710",
            "1.700"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-15642.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:44.823898796Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Webmin_Servers_Index",
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin/blob/ab5e00e41ea1ecc1e24b8f8693f3495a0abb1aed/rpc.cgi#L26-L37",
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/df8a43fb4bdc9c858874f72773bcba597ae9432c",
        "https://www.calypt.com/blog/index.php/authenticated-rce-on-webmin/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-15642",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382106,
  "published_at": "2019-08-26T18:15:12.983+00:00"
}