CVE-2015-4117

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Vesta Control Panel before 0.9.8-14 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the backup parameter to list/backup/index.php.

Affected products

Vesta Control Panel: before 0.9.8-14 — fixed in 0.9.8-14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://vestacp.com/roadmap/#history
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37369/
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23261
http://vestacp.com/roadmap/#history
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37369/
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23261

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