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CVE-2024-51567: CyberPanel Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-11-07
• EPSS: 84.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-10-29 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-306

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

• usmannasir cyberpanel: before 2.3.8 — fixed in 2.3.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: usmannasir cyberpanel 2.3.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/420.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
• https://cyberpanel.net/KnowledgeBase/home/change-logs/
• https://cyberpanel.net/blog/detials-and-fix-of-recent-security-issue-and-patch-of-cyberpanel
• 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://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

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