01 Record
CVE-2022-44877
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.
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-01-17. Federal remediation due 2023-02-07.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 99.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-01-05 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:15Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-11-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 40eebaf921a23844305b72a17629a37dae2f7402664d07d2dd809bced57c6d30
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYY
- gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386
- seclists.org20230106 Centos Web Panel 7 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution - CVE-2022-44877http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-44877