Vulnerabilites related to ZPanel Project - ZPanel
CVE-2013-10052 (GCVE-0-2013-10052)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-04 18:03
Modified
2025-08-05 15:53
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
ZPanel includes a helper binary named zsudo, intended to allow restricted privilege escalation for administrative tasks. However, when misconfigured in /etc/sudoers, zsudo can be invoked by low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands as root. This flaw enables local attackers with shell access to escalate privileges by writing a payload to a writable directory and executing it via zsudo. The vulnerability is particularly impactful in post-exploitation scenarios following web server compromise, where the attacker inherits access to zsudo.
References
| ► | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| ZPanel Project | ZPanel |
Version: * |
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CVE-2013-10053 (GCVE-0-2013-10053)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-01 20:49
Modified
2025-08-04 16:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
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References
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