CVE-2021-45467

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Published Dec 26, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 70.7% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 70.7% (70.745% probability within 30 days)

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

Apr 12, 2025 12:15 AM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 12, 2025, 12:06 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 26, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 12, 2025, 12:06 AM
Reserved: Dec 23, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:39 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:39 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 26, 2022, 5:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:13 AM

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