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Critical Control Web Panel Vulnerability is Being Actively Exploited

Hackers are exploiting a known critical vulnerability in the Web Control Panel web hosting interface. The unauthenticated remote code execution flaw was patched in October 2022; users are urged to update to version 0.9.8.1147 or later.

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  • This is an attack on “CentOS Web Panel,” which is a very analogous project to the classic “Webmin” interfaces. None of these interfaces should be directly exposed to the Internet, but just like other internal management stations are, you can imagine these are as well. This one is tragically bad, as it’s an unauthenticated attack. Hopefully, these systems are not connected to internal networks. I would state that a VPN, SSH, or other secured connectivity method should be used. However, I suspect most of our readers are aware of this. Instead, what I will say is a cursory look on the internet does not suggest an extremely wide-scale deployment of this software exposed to the internet. We have yet to encounter this system on the Enterprise penetration tests we’ve been on.
  • If you’re using the Centos Web Panel 7, apply the update from October. This flaw has a CVSS score of 9.8. Seriously, you can run OS level commands because of how the input is handled, making it pretty easy to exploit.

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Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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