CVE-2021-45467 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1107, an unauthenticated attacker can use %00 bytes to cause /user/loader.php to register an arbitrary API key, as demonstrated by a /user/loader.php?api=1&scripts= .%00./.%00./api/account_new_create&acc=guadaapi URI. Any number of %00 instances can be used, e.g., .%00%00%00./.%00%00%00./api/account_new_create could also be used for the scripts parameter.

Published: 2022-12-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 88.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.88128.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://control-webpanel.com/changelog
https://octagon.net/blog/2022/01/22/cve-2021-45467-cwp-centos-web-panel-preauth-rce/

History

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-862
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Control-webpanel Webpanel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-12T00:06:13.609Z

Reserved: 2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-45467

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:21.084Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T05:15:10.867

Modified: 2025-04-12T01:15:14.540

Link: CVE-2021-45467

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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