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Researchers have disclosed details of two critical security vulnerabilities in Control Web Panel that could be abused as part of an exploit chain to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution on affected servers.

Tracked as CVE-2021-45467, the issue concerns a case of a file inclusion vulnerability, which occurs when a web application is tricked into exposing or running arbitrary files on the web server.

Control Web Panel, previously CentOS Web Panel, is an open-source Linux control panel software used for deploying web hosting environments.

Specifically, the issue arises when two of the unauthenticated PHP pages used in the application — “/user/login.php” and “/user/index.php” — fail to adequately validate a path to a script file, according to Octagon Networks’ Paulos…

So, you or your client has finally pulled the trigger on a business license, brainstormed a genius blog idea, or purchased a domain name that promises to be the gateway to your future fortune. Now, it’s time to get your website up and running. But before you launch into copy, design, and development, you have to decide one small detail: Where will you host your site?

Hosting may not sound like the sexiest part of building a website, but it’s one of the most important choices you’ll make. After all, your hosting service determines where in cyberspace your website will actually live — kind of like its virtual apartment (the domain is merely the address). And as anyone with noisy upstairs neighbours can attest, real estate is all about location, location, location — even…

Building a website in 2021 is not such a big deal with the right tools and partners. Keeping a website safe in 2021 – now that’s a whole different ball game. As individuals and businesses are progressively expanding their online presence – so are the lurking hackers and attackers who want to exploit their data.

So what can we do about it? There are many precautions you can take – system and app firewalls, restricted user access, security plugins.