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title: "CVE-2026-73695: Control Web Panel - Path Traversal"
description: "Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.16 contains a path traversal vulnerability caused by unsanitized module name concatenation in services/users/index.php, letting attackers include arbitrary local PHP files, exploit requires crafted module name."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-73695/
---

# CVE-2026-73695 Control Web Panel - Path Traversal

Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.16 contains a path traversal vulnerability caused by unsanitized module name concatenation in services/users/index.php, letting attackers include arbitrary local PHP files, exploit requires crafted module name.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73695)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

2 November 2026

Updated

3 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-98](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/98.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.16 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73695](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73695)
- [https://control-webpanel.com/changelog](https://control-webpanel.com/changelog)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-path-traversal-lfi-via-module-parameter](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-path-traversal-lfi-via-module-parameter)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-path-traversal-via-services-users-index-php](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-path-traversal-via-services-users-index-php)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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