CVE-2022-44877
CWP Control Web Panel: OS Command Injection
As of , CVE-2022-44877 in CWP Control Web Panel is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 17 January 2023
- US federal deadline
- 7 February 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.31 on 17 January 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries
- Fix
- Vendor advice: control-webpanel.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
CWP Control Web Panel (formerly CentOS Web Panel) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 5 January 2023
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-78
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 51194).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 51250).
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: CWP login.php Unauthenticated RCEexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Control Web Panel 7 (CWP7) v0.9.8.1147 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)EDB-ID 51250, 5 April 2023
- Exploit-DB: Centos Web Panel 7 v0.9.8.1147 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)EDB-ID 51194, 1 April 2023
Control Web Panel: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-48703OS Command Injection | CWP Control Web Panel | Patch this weekEPSS 0.99 | 0.99 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org