Is CVE-2012-2982 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2982 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2982?

CVE-2012-2982 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2982?

CVE-2012-2982 has an EPSS score of 61.92% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2982

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

6.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via an invalid character in a pathname, as demonstrated by a | (pipe) character.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

61.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.