What is CVE-2015-4117?

CVE-2015-4117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vestacp Control Panel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2015-4117?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Vestacp Control Panel

CVE-2015-4117

Vesta Control Panel before 0.9.8-14 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the backup parameter to list/backup/index.php.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2018-02-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.106 (95.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.106 · newest: 0.106 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vestacp Control Panel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37369/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
vestacp.com/roadmap/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23261 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4117?: CVE-2015-4117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vestacp Control Panel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2015-4117?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.