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Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances
2024-10-30 14:19

A threat actor – or possibly several – has hit approximately 22,000 vulnerable instances of CyberPanel and encrypted files on the servers running it with the PSAUX and other ransomware. The PSAUX ransom note (Source: LeakIX) The CyberPanel vulnerabilities CyberPanel is a widely used open-source control panel that’s used for managing servers used for hosting websites. Two critical command injection vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-51378 and CVE-2024-51567) affecting CyberPanel versions 2.3.6 and (unpatched) 2.3.7 have been publicly documented … More → The post Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances appeared first on Help Net Security.


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Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2024-10-29 CVE-2024-51567 Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Cyberpanel
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.
network
low complexity
cyberpanel CWE-306
critical
9.8
2024-10-29 CVE-2024-51378 OS Command Injection vulnerability in Cyberpanel
getresetstatus in dns/views.py and ftp/views.py in CyberPanel (aka Cyber Panel) before 1c0c6cb allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via /dns/getresetstatus or /ftp/getresetstatus 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.
network
low complexity
cyberpanel CWE-78
critical
9.8