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CVE-2025-48703 KEVPublic exploit Critical · 9.0 EPSS 99.7%

CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability

CWP · Control Web Panel

Summary

The flaw is an OS command injection in the filemanager component of CWP (Control Web Panel, also known as CentOS Web Panel), where shell metacharacters are not neutralised in the t_total parameter of a changePerm request. An unauthenticated remote attacker who knows a valid non-root username can use this to execute arbitrary code, with the exposure limited to network access to the panel and no user interaction or prior login required.

Official description · NVD

CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1205 allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. A valid non-root username must be known.

Breakdown
69.3 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 35 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) was available 3 months before disclosure.

  1. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub3 mo before
  2. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence35 days before
  3. Disclosedday 0
  4. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+46 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

unauthenticated remote request exploits public-facing web panel

allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters
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ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

shell metacharacter injection yields OS command execution

allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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