PT-2019-12945 · Vesta · Vesta Control Panel

Cyrus-And · Published 2019-08-15 · Updated 2019-08-28 · CVE-2019-12791

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vesta Control Panel version 0.9.8-24

Description A directory traversal issue in the v-list-user script allows remote attackers to escalate privileges from regular registered users to root via the password reset form.

Recommendations For Vesta Control Panel version 0.9.8-24, consider restricting access to the password reset form until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, disabling the password reset functionality for regular registered users may help minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12791

Affected Products

Vesta Control Panel

References · 4

• 🔥 https://cardaci.xyz/advisories/2019/08/12/vesta-control-panel-0.9.8-24-privilege-escalation-in-the-password-reset-form · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12791 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1921 · Note