CVE-2025-66431 (GCVE-0-2025-66431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-03 00:00
Modified
2025-12-03 16:54
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
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."
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Plesk Plesk Version: 0   < 18.0.73.5
Version: 18.0.74   < 18.0.74.2
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