CVSS 4.0
8.5 highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-5789
Vulnerability related to an unquoted search path in CivetWeb v1.16. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory that is scanned before the intended application path (C:\Program Files\CivetWeb\CivetWeb.exe --), due to the absence of quotes in the service configuration.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-428
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- civetweb_project:civetweb