CVE-2022-44877
CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 7 February 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
login/index.php in CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) 7 before 0.9.8.1147 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 100.00% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · first 1 April 2023
- CISA KEV
- Listed 17 January 2023 · due 7 February 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- control-webpanel/webpanel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 100.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://control-webpanel.com/changelog#1669855527714-450fb335-6194; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44877
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYYExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYYExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-44877US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.