{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25117 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-25117 is a critical vulnerability in Vesta Control Panel (CP), published on 15 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25117 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-25117 is a critical vulnerability in Vesta Control Panel (CP), published on 15 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25117 exists.\n\nAffected product: Vesta Control Panel (CP). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25117/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-25117","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25117/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-25117","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VestaCP control panel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers exploited a compromised installer to deploy DDoS malware and steal admin credentials on new VestaCP installations.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"supply_chain"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-506","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"description":"VestaCP commit a3f0fa1 (2018-05-31) up to commit ee03eff (2018-06-13) contain embedded malicious code that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. New installations created from the compromised installer since at least May 2018 were subject to installation of Linux/ChachaDDoS, a multi-stage DDoS bot that uses Lua for second- and third-stage components. The compromise leaked administrative credentials (base64-encoded admin password and server domain) to an external URL during installation and/or resulted in the installer dropping and executing a DDoS malware payload under local system privileges. Compromised servers were subsequently observed participating in large-scale DDoS activity. Vesta acknowledged exploitation in the wild in October 2018.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"VestaCP Debian Installer Malicious Backdoor Supply Chain Compromise","id":"CVE-2018-25117","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"supply_chain","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"GeoVision Command Injection RCE via /PictureCatch.cgi","id":"CVE-2018-25118"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"MyBB Thread Redirect Plugin 0.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2018-25116"},"products":["Control Panel (CP)"],"published":"2025-10-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-06-23","vendors":["Vesta"]},"summary":"Attackers exploited a compromised installer to deploy DDoS malware and steal admin credentials on new VestaCP installations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25117/"}