CVE-2012-5686: ZPanel 10.0.1 has insufficient entropy for its password reset process.

PriorityP263critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

4.76%

90.8th percentile

ZPanel 10.0.1 has insufficient entropy for its password reset process.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
zpanelcp	zpanel	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttp://<zpanel_domain>/?resetkey=<randomkey>↗

→The password reset token (resetkey) is generated with insufficient entropy, making it brute-forceable. Monitor for high-frequency requests to the /?resetkey= endpoint which may indicate enumeration or brute-force of reset tokens. ↗
→The reset hash is stored and compared via the ac_resethash_tx column in the x_accounts table. SQL injection in the reset flow may allow direct manipulation of this value. ↗

·The vulnerable endpoint and reset token parameter are only exploitable on ZPanel version 10.0.1 specifically. Confirm target version before applying detections. ↗
·The password reset link is constructed using the cp_url and zpanel_domain options from the control panel configuration, meaning the base URL will vary per deployment. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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