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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Dixell/Copeland XWEB Setuid Lua CGI Root Command Injection | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-250 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-11-12T19:40:00.629Z
Reserved: 2026-11-06T18:38:38.543Z
Link: CVE-2026-124003
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-12T20:18:21.917
Modified: 2026-11-12T21:36:06.743
Link: CVE-2026-124003
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