Actively exploited · Published Oct 29, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-51567
Critical 10.0 Exploited Ransomware
In plain English
A critical-severity missing authentication in CyberPanel from CyberPersons. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 7, 2024). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 84.4% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Nov 28, 2024.
Official description
upgrademysqlstatus in databases/views.py in CyberPanel (aka Cyber Panel) before 5b08cd6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via /dataBases/upgrademysqlstatus by bypassing secMiddleware (which is only for a POST request) and using shell metacharacters in the statusfile property, as exploited in the wild in October 2024 by PSAUX. Versions through 2.3.6 and (unpatched) 2.3.7 are affected.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://dreyand.rs/code/review/2024/10/27/what-are-my-options-cyberpanel-v236-pre-auth-rce
- https://github.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/commit/5b08cd6d53f4dbc2107ad9f555122ce8b0996515
- https://cyberpanel.net/KnowledgeBase/home/change-logs/
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/420.html
- https://cyberpanel.net/blog/detials-and-fix-of-recent-security-issue-and-patch-of-cyberpanel
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-psaux-ransomware-attack-targets-22-000-cyberpanel-instances/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-51567 government-resource