CVE-2013-10052

Description

ZPanel includes a helper binary named zsudo, intended to allow restricted privilege escalation for administrative tasks. However, when misconfigured in /etc/sudoers, zsudo can be invoked by low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands as root. This flaw enables local attackers with shell access to escalate privileges by writing a payload to a writable directory and executing it via zsudo. The vulnerability is particularly impactful in post-exploitation scenarios following web server compromise, where the attacker inherits access to zsudo.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-01 | Published 2025-08-04 | Updated 2026-04-07 | Assigner VulnCheck

Problem types

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Product status

Credits

sinn3r finder

juan vazquez finder

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/...its/linux/local/zpanel_zsudo.rb exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26451 exploit

raw.githubusercontent.com/...its/linux/local/zpanel_zsudo.rb exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26451 exploit

github.com/zpanel/zpanelx product

www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zpanel-zsudo-local-priv-esc third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2013-10052)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2013-10052)

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