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Servers and applications

CVE-2003-0101

miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters such as line feeds and carriage returns (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings during Basic authentication, which allows remote attackers to spoof a session ID and gain root privileges.

Severity
High 10.0
Published
3 Mar 2003
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
15% in the next 30 daysHigher than 96% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WebminServers and applications · cpe:a:webmin:webmin
  • Version 1.0.50
  • Version 1.0.60

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0101
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0101