Control Web Panel up to 1.29 Database Restore /v1/restoredatabase restoreDBBackup os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Control Web Panel up to 1.29. It has been declared as critical. Affected is the function restoreDBBackup of the file /v1/restoredatabase of the component Database Restore. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-77878. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Control Web Panel up to 1.29 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function restoreDBBackup of the file /v1/restoredatabase of the component Database Restore. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Control Web Panel (CWP) before webpanel_version 1.30 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the loopback API database restore route /v1/restoredatabase/, where the restoreDBBackup() handler passes an attacker-controlled file path from the POST body into a shell command without proper escaping. An attacker able to reach the route can inject arbitrary OS commands that execute as root.

The advisory is available at control-webpanel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-77878 since 08/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.30 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Control Web Panel

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29

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