CVE-2015-2079

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-96

Description

Usermin 0.980 through 1.x before 1.660 allows uconfig_save.cgi sig_file_free remote code execution because it uses the two argument (not three argument) form of Perl open.

Affected products

Usermin: from 0.980 before 1.660 — fixed in 1.660

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Usermin 1.660. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://code-white.com/blog/2015-05-cve-2015-2079-rce-usermin/
https://code-white.com/public-vulnerability-list/

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