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CVE-2024-51567

From Exploited flaws, HARD’s guide to the flaws being used in attacks · Checked
This article is about a flaw in CyberPersons CyberPanel. For every flaw being used in attacks, see Exploited flaws.

CVE-2024-51567 is a security flaw in CyberPersons CyberPanel. Attackers can run commands on CyberPersons CyberPanel from anywhere, without logging in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 7 Nov 2024, and says ransomware gangs have used it.[1]

CyberPersons CyberPanel is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. CyberPersons has published a fix or advice.

Description

CISA calls it an incorrect default permissions in CyberPersons CyberPanel. In its words: “CyberPanel contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute commands as root.”[1]

The CVE record adds: “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.”[2]

The underlying weakness is CWE-276, in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.

It scores 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]

Affected versions

NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; CyberPersons’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as CyberPersons CyberPanel.

Most families won’t have CyberPersons CyberPanel; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.

Exploitation

CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 7 Nov 2024, 9 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 28 Nov 2024 to fix it.[1] CISA says ransomware gangs have used it.

FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 84%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]

CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.

CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.

Fix

CyberPersons has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]

  1. Check whether you use it.CyberPersons CyberPanel is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
  2. Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed, or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 28 Nov 2024 to fix it.
  3. If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.

You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.

Timeline

DateEvent
The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.8.[2]
CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks, noting that ransomware gangs have used it.[1]
CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1]
FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 84%.[4]

See also

Other CyberPersons CyberPanel flaws

Similar flaws

  • CVE-2026-87886, Acronis Backup: incorrect default permissions ·
  • CVE-2024-55956, Cleo products: unauthenticated file upload ·
  • CVE-2022-22948, VMware vCenter Server: incorrect default file permissions ·

Added the same day

  • CVE-2024-5910, Palo Alto Networks Expedition: missing authentication ·
  • CVE-2024-43093, Android Framework: privilege escalation ·
  • CVE-2019-16278, Nostromo nhttpd: directory traversal ·

References

  1. ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “CyberPanel Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 7 Nov 2024.
  2. ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-51567 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 29 Oct 2024.
  3. ^ CyberPersons. Advisories and fixes: cyberpanel.net, cyberpanel.net.
  4. ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.844, percentile 99.7, 31 Oct 2026.
  5. CVE Program. “CVE-2024-51567”. The official CVE record.

This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.