What is CVE-2019-12792?

CVE-2019-12792 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vestacp Control Panel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-12792?

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

RCE in Vestacp Control Panel

CVE-2019-12792

A command injection vulnerability in UploadHandler.php in Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-24 allows remote attackers to escalate from regular registered users to root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-08-15 · 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: 0.049 (91.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vestacp Control Panel — versions 0.9.8-24

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1921 (Third Party Advisory)
cardaci.xyz/advisories/2019/08/12/vesta-control-panel-0.9.8-24-privilege-escala… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12792?: CVE-2019-12792 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vestacp Control Panel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-12792?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.