# CVE-2018-10686: An issue was discovered in Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-20.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-20. There is Reflected XSS via $_REQUEST['path'] to the view/file/index.php URI, which can lead to remote PHP code execution via vectors involving a file_put_contents call in web/upload/UploadHandler.php.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://medium.com/%40ndrbasi/cve-2018-10686-vestacp-rce-d96d95c2bde2
- https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1558

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