CVE-2019-15642: Webmin

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 34.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rpc.cgi in Webmin through 1.920 allows authenticated Remote Code Execution via a crafted object name because unserialise_variable makes an eval call. NOTE: the Webmin_Servers_Index documentation states "RPC can be used to run any command or modify any file on a server, which is why access to it must not be granted to un-trusted Webmin users."

Affected products

  • Webmin Webmin: up to and including 1.920

Published 2019-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.