# CVE-2025-48703: CentOS Web Panel - RCE

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Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-48703

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.0
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Centos-Webpanel CentOS Web Panel
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection'))
- **Tags:** web_application

## Description

CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1205 allows unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. A valid non-root username must be known.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-48703](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48703) is a severe vulnerability in CentOS Web Panel (CWP) before version 0.9.8.1205 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution through shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter of a filemanager changePerm request. Attackers who know a valid non-root username can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the server, potentially leading to full system compromise.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of September 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2025-48703 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit endpoints like `/myuser/index.php?module=filemanager&acc=changePerm` by sending crafted POST requests with malicious payloads in parameters such as `t_total` or `fileName`, often attempting to execute arbitrary commands or establish reverse shells.

## Timeline

- 2025-09-19: CVE Published. CVE-2025-48703 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-24: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-48703 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-10-24: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-48703 for the first time.
- 2025-11-04: CISA KEV. CVE-2025-48703 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-11-25: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- https://fenrisk.com/rce-centos-webpanel
- https://github.com/rix4uni/cvemapping/blob/main/2025/CVE-2025-48703/app.py

## Live exploitation data

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