CVE-2022-0824Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in webmin/webmin
- 8.3HighCVSS base score
- 97.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Improper Access Control to Remote Code Execution in GitHub repository webmin/webmin prior to 1.990.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Webmin File Manager RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/webmin_file_manager_rceRank excellentdisclosed 26 Feb 2022
Nuclei templates1 template
- Webmin <1.990 - Improper Access Control (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0824.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Webmin 1.984 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50809webapps, linuxpublished 9 Mar 2022Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 97.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.3.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 1.990
References
References5
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d0049a96-de90-4b1a-9111-94de1044f295 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/39ea464f0c40b325decd6a5bfb7833fa4a142e38 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166240/Webmin-1.984-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://notes.netbytesec.com/2022/03/webmin-broken-access-control-to-post-auth-rce.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169700/Webmin-1.984-File-Manager-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-15872 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-0824)Record last updated .