What is CVE-2022-44877?

CVE-2022-44877 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-44877?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-44877 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-44877 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-01-17), indicating it is being actively exploited. 26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

RCE in Control-Webpanel Webpanel

CVE-2022-44877

login/index.php in CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) 7 before 0.9.8.1147 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 1.000 (100.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-10.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 100.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

Affected products

Control-Webpanel Webpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2023-01-17. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2023-02-07.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
gist.github.com/numanturle/c1e82c47f4cba24cff214e904c227386 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/1 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/170388/Control-Web-Panel-7-Remote-Code-Execution… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/170820/Control-Web-Panel-Unauthenticated-Remote-C… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/171725/Control-Web-Panel-7-CWP7-0.9.8.1147-Remote… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44877?: CVE-2022-44877 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-44877?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-44877 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2022-44877 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-01-17), indicating it is being actively exploited. 26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.