Critical severity · published Dec 29, 2020
CVE-2020-35769
miniserv.pl in Webmin 1.962 on Windows mishandles special characters in query arguments to the CGI program
9.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
miniserv.pl in Webmin 1.962 on Windows mishandles special characters in query arguments to the CGI program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webmin · Webmin
1.962 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35769
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35769
Patch
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7#diff-9b33fd8f5603d4f0d1428689bc36f24af4770608a22c0d92b7a8bcc522450dc6
Patch
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Webmin-code-execution-via-miniserv-pl-handle-request-34220
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