CVE-2021-45466 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1107, attackers can make a crafted request to api/?api=add_server&DHCP= to add an authorized_keys text file in the /resources/ folder.

Published: 2022-12-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 4.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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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 0.0421.

Exploitation poc

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

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Control-webpanel Webpanel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2025-04-14T15:45:40.679Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-45466

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:21.076Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T05:15:10.807

Modified: 2025-04-14T16:15:18.730

Link: CVE-2021-45466

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-863

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