# CVE-2025-48703: CWP Control Web Panel OS Command Injection Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-11-04
- Published: 2025-09-19
- CVSS: 9 CRITICAL (v3.1)
- EPSS: 99.7% (100th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-78

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.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-08-04 | -46 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-08-24 | -26 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-08-04 · new · rule 28108d25f1cf470c8e7648938f634977 · default Block
  > CentOS WebPanel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2025-48703. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-08-04-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-08-24 · new · rule 200103651
  > Added: signature 200103651 "CentOS Web Panel Remote Code Execution" (Command Execution, risk High), systems: Other Web Server. References: CVE-2025-48703.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: partial (1 of 2 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-48703, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: partial (1 of 2 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-48703, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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