CVE-2020-15619
Control Web Panel vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CentOS Web Panel (cwp-e17.0.9.8.923) contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability was discovered on January 31, 2020, and was publicly disclosed on June 25, 2020 (ZDI Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists within ajax_list_accounts.php. When parsing the type parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating a high severity level (ZDI Advisory).

Impact

An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information in the context of root. The vulnerability does not require authentication to exploit, making it particularly concerning (ZDI Advisory).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and does not require authentication. This makes it relatively straightforward for attackers to exploit, though specific exploit code has not been publicly disclosed (ZDI Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Given the nature of the vulnerability, the only salient mitigation strategy is to restrict interaction with the service to trusted machines. This can be accomplished through firewall rules and whitelisting to ensure only legitimate clients and servers can communicate with the service (ZDI Advisory).

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