CVE-2004-0583

The account lockout functionality in (1) Webmin 1.140 and (2) Usermin 1.070 does not parse certain character strings, which allows remote attackers to conduct a brute force attack to guess user IDs and passwords.

Published: 2004-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0583 is rated Moderate Risk (49/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.59%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0583

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-26 1.12% 1.59% +0.48%
2 2025-03-30 1.20% 1.12% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 1.20%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0583

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0583

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0583

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0583: 2 GLSA(s) (200406-12, 200406-15), 2 atom(s) (app-admin/usermin, app-admin/webmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0583
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0583 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (usermin), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
usermin usermin 1.070 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.070:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.40 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0583

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