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_mod_security.php. When parsing the check_ip 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-9707.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-15421

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-827h-p23f-3pm2

Published

May 24, 2022 5:24 PM

Last Modified

January 24, 2023 9:30 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 12, 2025 6:29 AM

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