What is CVE-2018-5961?

CVE-2018-5961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-5961?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Control-Webpanel Webpanel

CVE-2018-5961

CentOS-WebPanel.com (aka CWP) CentOS Web Panel through v0.9.8.12 has XSS via the `module` value of the `index.php` file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Control-Webpanel Webpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5961?: CVE-2018-5961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-5961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.