{"id":"CVE-2026-73697","title":"Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.16 File Write and Command Injection via phpini_editor","summary":"Control Web Panel (CWP) before webpanel_version 1.16 contains an arbitrary file write and OS command injection vulnerability in the phpini_editor user panel module that allows attackers with access to the module to write attacker-control…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-78","CWE-22"],"vendor":"Control Web Panel","product":"Control Web Panel","affected":["control_web_panel < 1.16"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-11-02T15:49:11.876524Z"},"published":"2026-11-02","updated":"2026-11-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-03T17:00:41.411Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73697","references":[{"url":"https://control-webpanel.com/changelog","label":"Changelog"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/control-web-panel-pre-auth-module-dispatch-rce","label":"VulnCheck Blog"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-file-write-and-command-injection-via-phpini-editor","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.16 File Write and Command Injection"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.01809,"epssPercentile":0.78667,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T20:33:06.305Z","slug":"CVE-2026-73697","body":"## Overview\n\nControl Web Panel (CWP) before webpanel_version 1.16 contains an arbitrary file write and OS command injection vulnerability in the phpini_editor user panel module that allows attackers with access to the module to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary paths and execute arbitrary OS commands. Attackers can exploit the acc=update action to write files via file_put_contents without path confinement and the acc=addlabelphpiniadv action to pass unsanitized input into shell_exec, achieving code execution in the user panel context.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `control_web_panel < 1.16`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":49,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.4,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}