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CVE-2021-46850

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-88

Description

myVesta Control Panel before 0.9.8-26-43 and Vesta Control Panel before 0.9.8-26 are vulnerable to command injection. An authenticated and remote administrative user can execute arbitrary commands via the v_sftp_license parameter when sending HTTP POST requests to the /edit/server endpoint.

Affected products

• Vesta Control Panel: before 0.9.8-26-43 — fixed in 0.9.8-26-43
• VestaCP Vesta Control Panel: before 0.9.8-26 — fixed in 0.9.8-26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-26-43; VestaCP Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/06/necro-python-bot-adds-new-tricks.html
• https://github.com/myvesta/vesta/commit/7991753ab7c5c568768028fb77554db8ea149f17
• https://github.com/myvesta/vesta/releases/tag/0.9.8-26-43
• https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/commit/a4e4542a6d1351c2857b169f8621dd9a13a2e896
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49674
• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/06/necro-python-bot-adds-new-tricks.html
• https://github.com/myvesta/vesta/commit/7991753ab7c5c568768028fb77554db8ea149f17
• https://github.com/myvesta/vesta/releases/tag/0.9.8-26-43
• https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/commit/a4e4542a6d1351c2857b169f8621dd9a13a2e896
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49674

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