CVE-2023-25152 — Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations,

01What is this vulnerability?

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
pterodactyl	wings	< 1.7.3, >= 1.11.0, < 1.11.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-08T18:52:28.510Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-10T21:15:09.908Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5
• github.com — https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/dac9685298c3c1c49b3109fa4241aa88272b…