Path traversal in Control Web Panel enables local file inclusion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-98.
Summary
Control Web Panel (CWP) before webpanel_version 1.16 contains a path traversal flaw in services/users/index.php. The module name parameter is concatenated into an include path without sanitization (CWE-98), so a remote attacker with low privileges can include arbitrary local PHP files. This lets the attacker execute arbitrary PHP code in the user panel context.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
Control Web Panel (CWP) before webpanel_version 1.16 contains a path traversal vulnerability in services/users/index.php that allows attackers to include arbitrary local PHP files by supplying an unsanitized module name parameter concatenated directly into an include path. Attackers can inject directory traversal sequences into the module name to achieve local file inclusion and execute arbitrary PHP code in the user panel context.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Web Panel | Control Web Panel | before 1.16 | 1.16 | Patch available | CNA |
- Control Web Panel VendorControl Web Panel Affected before 1.16 Fixed in 1.16 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Control Web Panel |
- cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Control Web Panel
Remediation
Update Control Web Panel to version 1.16 or later, which fixes this flaw in the affected range before 1.16.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA Control Web Panel (Control Web Panel) Fixed in 1.16
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Control Web Panel 1.16
5 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-83868 SQL injection in Control Web Panel access_token() APIPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-83861 File write and command injection in Control Web Panel phpini_editorPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-83865 OS command injection in Control Web Panel protected_directory modulePriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73695
- 2026-11-02 Title updated · CNA
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score changed · CNA
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-m2m4-55x5-x967
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Patch 1
More Control Web Panel vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22082 login/index.php in CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) 7 before 0.9.8.1147… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30935 OS command injection in CentOS Web Panel KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2021-20554 In CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1107, an unauthenticated… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-20553 In CWP (aka Control Web Panel or CentOS Web Panel) before 0.9.8.1107, attackers can make… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-41408 Control Web Panel < 0.9.8.1225 Blind SQL Injection via userRes Parameter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2022-08811 A path traversal vulnerability in loader.php of CWP v0.9.8.1122 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-73695 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-73695 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m2m4-55x5-x967 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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