Vulnerability

CVE-2022-44877

Critical· 9.8KEVEXPLOITCVSS9.8EPSS94%

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CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability

CWP Control Web Panel (formerly CentOS Web Panel) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter.

Threat signal

100/100

Severe

Severity

critical

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

94%

Active

KEV

CISA KEV — actively exploited

1222d overdue

AffectedCWP — Control Web Panel

Added to KEV

2023-01-17

Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)

2023-02-07

Required action (CISA verbatim)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vendor advisory + references

CISA description: “CWP Control Web Panel (formerly CentOS Web Panel) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter.”

CVSS

v3.1Open in FIRST calculator →

9.8/ 10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactHighTotal compromise of integrity — full data modification possible.
Availability ImpactHighTotal loss of availability — full DoS possible.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

94.5%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p100

higher than 100% of all CVEs

3-day trend↑ 0pp

Statistically about to be weaponized — top-tier triage urgency.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2022-44877. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCAct

Active exploitation with total impact on essential/support systems

exploitation: active
automatable: yes
impact: total
mission: support

Lifecycle

2023-01-17Added to CISA KEVransomware: Unknown
2023-01-17Public exploit observedexploitdb, metasploit
2023-01-17Published
2023-02-07Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)
2026-06-12Last modified1 source

Mentions in news & research

research:wizCVE-2022-44877, critical RCE in CentOS Control Web Panel exploited in the wild: everything you need to know2023-01-17

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.