Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 12, 2026 19:37:11 UTC

CVE-2026-124003

XWEB EVO before 5.6.2 contains a command injection vulnerability where the setuid-root Lua CGI interpreter wlua executes system("/usr/bin/lua "+argv) on unsanitized input. Attackers can craft malicious input reached through a .lua CGI endpoint to inject arbitrary commands into the concatenated argv string, achieving command execution with root privileges. This product line reached it's end of service date in March 2026.

Base score8.5/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorLocalAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsNoneAT

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityHighVC

Vulnerable system integrityHighVI

Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS communicates standardized severity and impact characteristics. It does not establish whether a system is exploitable in your specific environment.

Record context

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Last updatedNov 12, 2026 19:40:00 UTC

PublishedNov 12, 2026 19:37:11 UTC

ReservedNov 6, 2026 18:38:38 UTC

Credits

Valentin Lobstein (Chocapikk)