THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2001-1196
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2001-1196

Webmin vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
9.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in edit_action.cgi of Webmin Directory 0.91 allows attackers to gain privileges via a '..' (dot dot) in the argument.
Affected vendor
Webmin
Affected product
Webmin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2001-12-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-1196

  • Confirm whether Webmin Webmin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-1196.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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