Actively exploited · Published Jan 5, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-44877
Critical 9.8 Exploited
In plain English
A critical-severity OS command injection in Control Web Panel from CWP. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 17, 2023). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 100.0% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 7, 2023.
Official 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 (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLfSvc1SYY
- https://gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386
- 20230106 Centos Web Panel 7 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution - CVE-2022-44877 mailing-list
- 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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-44877 government-resource