CVE-2025-66431 (GCVE-0-2025-66431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 16:54
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Summary
WebPros Plesk before 18.0.73.5 and 18.0.74 before 18.0.74.2 on Linux allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as root via domain creation. The attacker needs "Create and manage sites" with "Domains management" and "Subdomains management."
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Plesk Plesk Affected: 0 , < 18.0.73.5 (custom)
Affected: 18.0.74 , < 18.0.74.2 (custom)
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