Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15612
CVE-2020-15612
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of CentOS Web Panel cwp-e17.0.9.8.923. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within ajax_ftp_manager.php. When parsing the userLogin 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-9737.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:0.9.8.923:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: cwp-e17.0.9.8.923
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References
1- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-759/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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