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CVE-2020-35606

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 28.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Arbitrary command execution can occur in Webmin through 1.962. Any user authorized for the Package Updates module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via vectors involving %0A and %0C. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-12840.

Affected products

• Webmin: through 1.962

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160676/Webmin-1.962-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49318
• https://www.pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1962-PU-Escape-Bypass-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• https://www.webmin.com/download.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160676/Webmin-1.962-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49318
• https://www.pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1962-PU-Escape-Bypass-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• https://www.webmin.com/download.html

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