Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15420
CVE-2020-15420
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of CentOS Web Panel cwp-el7-0.9.8.891. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within loader_ajax.php. When parsing the line parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9259.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:0.9.8.891:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: cwp-el7-0.9.8.891
- Range: cwp-el7-0.9.8.891
Patches
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References
1- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-737/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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