CVE-2022-44877: CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-01-17
EPSS: 100.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

CentOS Web Panel: before 0.9.8.1147 — fixed in 0.9.8.1147

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CentOS Web Panel 0.9.8.1147. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1
https://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYY
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1
https://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYY

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