---
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'
---

## Overview

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-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.

## Affected

- `control_web_panel < 1.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.