Is CVE-2012-2983 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2983 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2983?

CVE-2012-2983 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2983?

CVE-2012-2983 has an EPSS score of 20.46% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2983

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

file/edit_html.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier does not perform an authorization check before showing a file's unedited contents, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the file field.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

20.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.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/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80

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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.