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CVE-2025-48703

CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.0EPSS 99.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 25 November 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1205 allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. A valid non-root username must be known.

CVSS 3.1
9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
99.66% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 4 November 2025 · due 25 November 2025
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
control-webpanel/webpanel
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://control-webpanel.com/changelog ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48703

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.