CVE-2022-50921

WOW21 5.0.1.9 - 'Service WOW21_Service' Unquoted Service Path

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

13 Jan 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

WOW21 5.0.1.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

ilwebmaster21 · WOW21

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References

https://web.archive.org/web/20220220170535/https://wow21.life/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50818 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wow-service-wowservice-unquoted-service-path