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CVE-2020-10808: Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) through 0.9.8-26 allows Command Injection via the schedule/backup Backup Listing Endpoint.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 58/100)

A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 77.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.5% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) through 0.9.8-26 allows Command Injection via the schedule/backup Backup Listing Endpoint. The attacker must be able to create a crafted filename on the server, as demonstrated by an FTP session that renames .bash_logout to a .bash_logout' substring followed by shell metacharacters.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded

Published: Mar 22, 2020
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 77.5% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 23 / 30 · 77.5%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
vestacp	vesta control panel	cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

vestacp vesta control panelup to 0.9.8-26 inclusive

Same product

vestacp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2021-43693vesta 0.9.8-24 is affected by a file inclusion vulnerability in file web/add/user/index.php.
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CVE-2018-1000884Vesta CP version Prior to commit f6f6f9cfbbf2979e301956d1c6ab5c44386822c0 -- any release prior to 0.9.8-18 contains a CWE-208 / Information
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CVE-2021-28379web/upload/UploadHandler.php in Vesta Control Panel (aka VestaCP) through 0.9.8-27 and myVesta through 0.9.8-26-39 allows uploads from a dif
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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2015-2861Jun 18, 2015 · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Vesta Control Panel before 0.9.8-14 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication
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← EarlierCVE-2019-9859Mar 10, 2020 · Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) 0.9.7 through 0.9.8-23 is vulnerable to an authenticated command execution that can result in remote root acce
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Later →CVE-2020-10786Apr 21, 2020 · A remote command execution in Vesta Control Panel through 0.9.8-26 allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the system
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Metasploit module ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Metasploit module	exploit/linux/http/vestacp_execVesta Control Panel Authenticated Remote Code Executionexploit	2020-03-17

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

MetasploitMar 17, 2020-6 d
PublishedMar 22, 2020
TodayNov 9, 2026+2423 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

rapid7/metasploit-frameworkPR 13094

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

forum.vestacp.com/viewforum.php?f=25

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github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13094

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