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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 12, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 13, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred