# CVE-2024-51567: upgrademysqlstatus in databases/views.py in CyberPanel (aka Cyber Panel) before 5b08cd6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2024-11-07, remediation due 2024-11-28
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Published: 2024-10-29 · Updated: 2026-08-04

## Summary

CyberPanel, a web hosting control panel, is affected. A remote attacker could bypass login and run arbitrary system commands on the server through its database upgrade status feature.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

The upgrademysqlstatus endpoint in CyberPanel's databases/views.py had no authentication check, so a remote user without a login could pass shell metacharacters in the statusfile property. The advisory says this can run operating system commands as root.

Source: https://dreyand.rs/code/review/2024/10/27/what-are-my-options-cyberpanel-v236-pre-auth-rce, https://github.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/commit/5b08cd6d53f4dbc2107ad9f555122ce8b0996515

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

The affected versions are CyberPanel through 2.3.6 and the unpatched 2.3.7, per the researcher's testing on the latest release. To check a installation, compare its CyberPanel version against that range.

Source: https://dreyand.rs/code/review/2024/10/27/what-are-my-options-cyberpanel-v236-pre-auth-rce, https://github.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/commit/5b08cd6d53f4dbc2107ad9f555122ce8b0996515

### What should I do about it?

Update to a build that includes commit 5b08cd6, which added the missing authentication check. The facts do not name a released version that contains this commit.

Source: https://dreyand.rs/code/review/2024/10/27/what-are-my-options-cyberpanel-v236-pre-auth-rce, https://github.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/commit/5b08cd6d53f4dbc2107ad9f555122ce8b0996515

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-11-07, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2024-51567

### What if there's no patch?

No workaround is documented in the available facts. The only listed change is commit 5b08cd6, which adds the authentication check.

Source: https://dreyand.rs/code/review/2024/10/27/what-are-my-options-cyberpanel-v236-pre-auth-rce, https://github.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/commit/5b08cd6d53f4dbc2107ad9f555122ce8b0996515

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- 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://cyberpanel.net/KnowledgeBase/home/change-logs/
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/420.html
- https://cyberpanel.net/blog/detials-and-fix-of-recent-security-issue-and-patch-of-cyberpanel
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-psaux-ransomware-attack-targets-22-000-cyberpanel-instances/

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