CVE-2019-9859
Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP) 0.9.7 through 0.9.8-23 is vulnerable to an authenticated command execution that can result in remote root access on the server. The platform works with PHP as the frontend language and uses shell scripts to execute system actions. PHP executes shell script through the dangerous command exec. This function can be dangerous if arguments passed to it are not filtered. Every user input in VestaCP that is used as an argument is filtered with the escapeshellarg function. This function comes from the PHP library directly and its description is as follows: "escapeshellarg() adds single quotes around a string and quotes/escapes any existing single quotes allowing you to pass a string directly to a shell function and having it be treated as a single safe argument." It means that if you give Username, it will have 'Username' as a replacement. This works well and protects users from exploiting this potentially dangerous exec function. Unfortunately, VestaCP uses this escapeshellarg function incorrectly in several places.
INFO
Published Date :
March 10, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 20, 2020, 12:19 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2019-9859.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://ssd-disclosure.com/?p=3926 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Mar. 20, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.7-0 up to (including) 0.9.7-23 OR *cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.7-0 up to (including) 0.9.8-23 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://ssd-disclosure.com/?p=3926 No Types Assigned https://ssd-disclosure.com/?p=3926 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-78 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.7-0 up to (including) 0.9.7-23
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-9859 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-9859
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.21 }} -0.09%
score
0.58538
percentile