# CVE-2025-48703: CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filemanager changePerm request if a valid username is known.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 4 Nov 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vx2w-cj7g-8hcf

## What is CVE-2025-48703?

CVE-2025-48703 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1205 allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. A valid non-root username must be known.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48703?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Control-Webpanel Webpanel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48703?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Nov 2025.

## Is CVE-2025-48703 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-48703 in the wild since at least 4 Nov 2025.

Public exploit code:

- Remote Code execution in CentOS web panel  (github_poc): https://github.com/Skynoxk/CVE-2025-48703
- CVE-2025-48703 là lỗ hổng mức độ nghiêm trọng trong CentOS Web Panel (CWP) cho phép kẻ tấn công không xác thực (unauthenticated) có thể thực thi mã từ xa (RCE) thông qua bỏ qua cơ chế xác thực và thực thi câu lệnh hệ thống. Lỗ hổng ảnh hưởng CWP từ phiên bản 0.9.8.1204 trở về trước, và đã được vá trên phiên bản mới nhất 0.9.8.1205. (github_poc): https://github.com/itstarsec/CVE-2025-48703
- CWP (Control Web Panel) < 0.9.8.1205 - Remote Code Execution (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-48703.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Control-Webpanel Webpanel

- [CVE-2022-44877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44877/): CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-42121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42121/): Control Web Panel Missing Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45466/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45467/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25046/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48703 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-48703 in the wild since at least 4 Nov 2025.

Affected product: Control-Webpanel Webpanel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48703/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48703

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.