CVE-2004-1468

Exp

The web mail functionality in Usermin 1.x and Webmin 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail message.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1468 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.61%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1468

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1468

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 2026-06-15 4.78% 3.61% -1.17%
2 2025-03-30 6.42% 4.78% -1.64%
3 2025-03-29 6.42%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1468

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1468

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1468

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1468: 1 GLSA(s) (200409-15), 2 atom(s) (app-admin/usermin, app-admin/webmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1468

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1468

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
usermin usermin 1.000 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.010 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.020 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.030 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.030:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.040 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.040:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.051 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.060 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.060:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.070 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.070:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
usermin usermin 1.080 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.080:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.00 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.50 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.60 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.70 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.80 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.0.90 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.00 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.30 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.40 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webmin webmin 1.1.50 cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1468

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