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CVE-2021-45466

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 55.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

In CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1107, attackers can make a crafted request to api/?api=add_server&DHCP= to add an authorized_keys text file in the /resources/ folder.

Affected products

• CentOS Web Panel: before 0.9.8.1107 — fixed in 0.9.8.1107

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CentOS Web Panel 0.9.8.1107. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://control-webpanel.com/changelog
• https://octagon.net/blog/2022/01/22/cve-2021-45467-cwp-centos-web-panel-preauth-rce/
• https://control-webpanel.com/changelog
• https://octagon.net/blog/2022/01/22/cve-2021-45467-cwp-centos-web-panel-preauth-rce/

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