Vulnerability in Vestacp Vesta_control_panel

CVE-2020-10787

An elevation of privilege in Vesta Control Panel through 0.9.8-26 allows an attacker to gain root system access from the admin account via v-change-user-password (aka the user password change script).

EPSS: 0.025 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10787?
CVE-2020-10787 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vestacp Vesta_control_panel. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-10787?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10787 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.