CVE-2020-10808Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) through 0.9.8-26 allows Command Injection via the schedule/backup Backup Listing Endpoint. The attacker must…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 77.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Vesta Control Panel Authenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/vestacp_execRank excellentdisclosed 17 Mar 2020
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Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 77.5% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://forum.vestacp.com/viewforum.php?f=25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://pentest.blog/vesta-control-panel-second-order-remote-code-execution-0day-step-by-step-analysis/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13094 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157111/Vesta-Control-Panel-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157219/Vesta-Control-Panel-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-3214 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-10808)Record last updated .