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title: "CVE-2026-73696: Control Web Panel - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.12 contains an execution after redirect vulnerability caused by missing exit() after redirect in user panel authentication flow, letting attackers with valid hosting usernames bypass authentication and execute code, exploit requires valid hosting username."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-73696/
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# CVE-2026-73696 Control Web Panel - Authentication Bypass

Control Web Panel (CWP) < 1.12 contains an execution after redirect vulnerability caused by missing exit() after redirect in user panel authentication flow, letting attackers with valid hosting usernames bypass authentication and execute code, exploit requires valid hosting username.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73696)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

2 November 2026

Updated

3 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-698](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/698.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.12 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-2026-73696](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73696)
- [https://control-webpanel.com/changelog](https://control-webpanel.com/changelog)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-authentication-bypass-via-execution-after-redirect](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-authentication-bypass-via-execution-after-redirect)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-execution-after-redirect-in-cwpuserindex](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/control-web-panel-cwp-execution-after-redirect-in-cwpuserindex)

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## What this record can't tell you

- 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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