Executive brief
A security vulnerability has been identified in Panilux, a personal project software, which could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized commands on a user's system. By tricking a logged-in user into clicking a malicious link or visiting a compromised website, an attacker can hijack the user's session to perform administrative actions. This could lead to a complete system takeover, data loss, or unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Technical details
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in Panilux versions prior to 0.10.0. The flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to craft a malicious request that, when executed by an authenticated user (via user interaction such as clicking a link), triggers command injection on the underlying system. This occurs because the application fails to properly validate or sanitize requests, allowing the CSRF to transition into a high-impact command execution primitive. Successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application process. While a fix is indicated by the version range, the vendor has reportedly denied ownership of the product.
Affected products
- Personal Project Panilux before v.0.10.0
Timeline
- 2025-12-09: advisory: Initial publication of CVE-2025-11022 by TR-CERT (USOM)