Affects widely deployed hosting control panel; unauthenticated SQLi leads to RCE on CWPanel servers; high risk across industries.
CVE-2026-57517
Unauthenticated blind SQLi in Control Web Panel enables RCE via file writes and webshell.
Is CVE-2026-57517 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-57517 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-57517?
CVE-2026-57517 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. 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-2026-57517?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-57517. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-57517 affect?
CVE-2026-57517 affects Control Web Panel < 0.9.8.1225. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-57517?
Upgrade to 0.9.8.1225+; apply patch and monitor.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated SQLi allows arbitrary SQL; dumps files via INTO DUMPFILE; deploys PHP webshell and achieves RCE as cwpsvc.
Immediate action required
- affected< 0.9.8.1225
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.