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CVE-2026-6958: Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Invicti Security Corp. Acunetix

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-6958cvecve-2026-6958
Published: 09/04/2026 (09/04/2026, 15:06:10 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Invicti Security Corp.
Product: Acunetix

Description

Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Vulnerability Scanning Engine (wvsc.exe) that allows low-privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM by exploiting a missing hardcoded directory path for OpenSSL-related files. Attackers can create the missing directory, place a malicious file at the expected path, and cause the SYSTEM-level wvsc.exe process to load and execute it, resulting in full privilege escalation.

CVSS v4.0

Score 8.5high

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
High
Vuln. Integrity
High
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
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 software

Affected versions
=25.11.251107123

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-04-24T13:30:34.067Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a9ae250acd9273b49c9585b

Added to database: 09/04/2026, 15:22:56 UTC

Last updated: 09/04/2026, 15:22:56 UTC

Views: 1

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