PT-2023-5685 · Unknown · Control Web Panel

Muhammad Ikhsanudin · Published 2023-05-09 · Updated 2025-08-09 · CVE-2023-42120

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Control Web Panel (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Control Web Panel. The specific flaw exists within the dns zone editor module, resulting from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

OS Command Injection

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06353

CVE-2023-42120

ZDI-23-1477

Affected Products

Control Web Panel

References · 12

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/truonghuuphuc/CVE-2023-42120-Poc · Exploit, Deleted
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1477 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06353 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42120 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131532 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1707508355051254153 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackForce/status/1716326050353783035 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.240786 · Note
• https://twitter.com/ksg93rd/status/1716446444612460793 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/9247 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786771001826566546 · Twitter Post