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CVE-2021-47871: Hestia Control Panel 1.3.2 - Arbitrary File Write

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

Hestia Control Panel 1.3.2 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary locations using the API index.php endpoint. Attackers can exploit the v-make-tmp-file command to write SSH keys or other content to specific file paths on the server.

Affected products

• Hestia Control Panel: 1.3.3

References

• https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp
• https://hestiacp.com/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49667
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hestia-control-panel-arbitrary-file-write

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