Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-73697 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-73697 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-73697?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 2 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Control Web Panel before 1.16.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-73697?
- Yes: fixed in 1.16 and later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-73697 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-73697?
- Check whether you run Control Web Panel at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 1.16 and later
Technical details
The phpini_editor module in CWP before version 1.16 suffers from two vulnerabilities: (1) the acc=update action uses file_put_contents without path confinement, allowing arbitrary file writes to attacker-specified paths, and (2) the acc=addlabelphpiniadv action passes unsanitized user input directly to shell_exec without escaping, enabling OS command injection. Both vulnerabilities require authentication and module access, but together enable remote code execution.
Affected products
- Control Web Panel Control Web Panel before 1.16
Timeline
- 2026-11-02: disclosed