Acunetix 25.11.251107123 Local Privilege Escalation via wvsc.exe

Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Vulnerability Scanning Engine (wvsc.exe) that allows low-privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM by exploiting a missing hardcoded directory path for OpenSSL-related files. Attackers can create the missing directory, place a malicious file at the expected path, and cause the SYSTEM-level wvsc.exe process to load and execute it, resulting in full privilege escalation.

Invicti Acunetix before 14 allows CSV injection via the Description field on the Add Targets page, if the Export CSV feature is used.