CVE-2015-2079

Q: How do I fix CVE-2015-2079?

Upgrade usermin to 1.660 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2015-2079 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2015-2079 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 71% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2015-2079?

CVE-2015-2079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2015-2079 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for usermin (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 71th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Usermin 0.980 through 1.x before 1.660 allows uconfig_save.cgi sig_file_free remote code execution because it uses the two argument (not three argument) form of Perl open.

CWE-96 CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

userminNVD

Affected:>= 0.980, < 1.660Fixed in:1.660CVE-2015-2079derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

code-white.com

Third-Party Advisory1

code-white.com

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CVE-2020-6144	Critical	9.8	6.2%	-	-
CVE-2020-6143	Critical	9.8	6.2%	-	-
CVE-2021-39115	High	7.2	4.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0895	Critical	9.8	1.7%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2015-2079?

Upgrade usermin to 1.660 or later.

Is CVE-2015-2079 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2015-2079 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 71% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2015-2079?

CVE-2015-2079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2015-2079 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for usermin (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2025-05-14.