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 the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. A valid non-root username must be known.
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. Cloudflare publishes WAF a rule written for this CVE. Such rules block the known exploit requests and buy time, but attackers can change the request to get past them, so they do not replace the patch.
Cloudflare · 1 rule (Block) · since 4 Aug 2025
- CentOS WebPanel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2025-48703 · Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Also consider: patch · enable the vendor rule in block mode · shlex/execve-style APIs
Based on WAF vendor rules published for this CVE. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2025-48703 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2025-48703 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2025-48703?
CVE-2025-48703 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.0. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-48703?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-48703. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-48703 affect?
CVE-2025-48703 affects control-webpanel:webpanel. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected< 0.9.8.1205
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
public exploits
Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 2 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template
- CWP (Control Web Panel) < 0.9.8.1205 - Remote Code Execution · detection template · critical
- Skynoxk/CVE-2025-48703 · 4 ★
- itstarsec/CVE-2025-48703 · 0 ★
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 4 Nov 2025 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 26 Jun 2025First proof-of-concept repository on GitHub (unvetted)
- 19 Sept 2025Published · 86 days (about 3 months) later
- 4 Nov 2025Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 45 days later
- 4 Nov 2025CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · same day later
- 25 Nov 2025CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 21 days later
- 26 Feb 2026CVE record last updated · 94 days (about 3 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 249 days (about 8 months) later
- Mitigationcontrol-webpanel.com /changelog
- Linkfenrisk.com /rce-centos-webpanel
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48703
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.