CVE-2021-45466 is a critical vulnerability affecting Control Web Panel (CWP) versions prior to 0.9.8.1107, allowing unauthenticated attackers to add an authorized_keys file via a crafted API request. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, media coverage and community discussion suggest possible in-the-wild exploitation, despite the absence of public exploit intelligence in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.8.1107CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:control-webpanel:webpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.