CVE-2024-12828

Description

Webmin CGI Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Webmin. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of CGI requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-22346.

References

https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/apache-tomcat-vulnerability-cve-2024.html

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1725/

https://github.com/webmin/authentic-theme/commit/61e5b10227b50407e3c6ac494ffbd4385d1b59df

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

CVSS v4