Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Aug 15, 2019

CVE-2019-15107An issue was discovered in Webmin <=1.920.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:23 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 15, 2022, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.

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An issue was discovered in Webmin <=1.920. The parameter old in password_change.cgi contains a command injection vulnerability.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 15, 2022; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 99.71% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

webmin webmin webmin:webmin	through 1.920	NVD

References

References

http://www.webmin.com/security.html	x-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47230	x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.pentest.com.tr/exploits/DEFCON-Webmin-1920-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html	x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154141/Webmin-Remote-Comman-Execution.html	x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154141/Webmin-1.920-Remote-Command-Execution.html	x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154197/Webmin-1.920-password_change.cgi-Backdoor.html	x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154485/Webmin-1.920-Remote-Code-Execution.html	x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://attackerkb.com/topics/hxx3zmiCkR/webmin-password-change-cgi-command-injection	x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-15107	us-government-resource

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