Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify exposed OpenPanel < 2.3.0
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DeliverySend GET /tools/site-checker with internal/metadata URL
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ExploitServer issues forged internal request
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ExecutionReflect titles/headers/certs to attacker
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ImpactHarvest metadata credentials and map internal services
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default configurations of OpenPanel before 2.3.0 via the GET /tools/site-checker endpoint (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). The only prerequisite is network reachability to the OpenPanel web interface. Impact severity is amplified when the host runs in a cloud environment exposing a metadata endpoint (particularly IMDSv1) or sits adjacent to unauthenticated internal services; it is limited to a read primitive returning response titles, headers, status codes, and SSL certificate information - the attacker cannot directly write or execute, and blind SSRF constraints apply where responses are not reflected. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 9.2 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N) reflects a genuinely low-friction, unauthenticated, network-reachable read primitive with high confidentiality impact on both the vulnerable system and downstream subsequent systems (SC:H) - consistent with the described ability to pivot into internal services and cloud metadata. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public PoC was provided, so exploitation is inferred rather than confirmed; the absence of KEV suggests it is not yet known to be actively exploited, but the trivial attack conditions and blind-to-partial-read exfiltration make it an attractive target where the panel is internet-exposed. The real-world severity hinges on deployment context: an OpenPanel instance running in a cloud environment with an exploitable metadata endpoint (especially IMDSv1) faces credential theft and lateral movement, whereas an on-prem box with segmented internals is more limited to internal reconnaissance. Any operator running an internet-facing OpenPanel below 2.3.0 should treat patching as urgent given the unauthenticated, low-complexity nature of the flaw. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker locates an internet-facing OpenPanel below 2.3.0 and sends an unauthenticated GET /tools/site-checker request with url pointing at http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ or an internal admin service. The server fetches the target and reflects back titles, headers, status codes, and certificate data, letting the attacker map internal infrastructure and potentially read cloud instance metadata. No public PoC is required given the low complexity, though none is confirmed available at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 04, 2026
Server-side request forgery in OpenPanel before 2.3.0 lets unauthenticated remote attackers coerce the panel server into issuing arbitrary outbound requests via the GET /tools/site-checker endpoint, which accepts a fully client-controlled URL with no private-IP filtering or DNS-rebinding defenses. Attackers can reach localhost, internal-only services, and cloud metadata endpoints, harvesting HTTP response titles, headers, status codes, and SSL certificate details. Reported by VulnCheck with a fix in 2.3.0; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the endpoint is trivially reachable.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade OpenPanel to 2.3.0 or later, per GHSA-gqcr-xgfj-pq29. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict or block network access to the GET /tools/site-checker endpoint at a reverse proxy or WAF (trade-off: disables the legitimate site-checker feature for users). At the infrastructure layer, enforce cloud metadata protections by requiring IMDSv2 and/or blocking egress from the OpenPanel host to 169.254.169.254 and to internal management ranges (trade-off: may break legitimate outbound checks and internal service integrations). Applying strict egress firewall rules that deny the OpenPanel server from initiating connections to RFC1918/loopback/link-local addresses is the most durable compensating control until patched. Reference: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openpanel-api-before-2.3.0-unauthenticated-ssrf-via-site-checker.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
OpenPanel is a self-hosted web hosting control panel. The flaw is CWE-918 (SSRF): the site-checker feature is intended to fetch a user-supplied website and report metadata, but it treats the URL parameter as fully trusted, performing no allow-listing, no rejection of RFC1918/loopback/link-local ranges, and no protection against DNS rebinding (where an attacker-controlled hostname resolves to a public IP on first lookup and a private IP on the fetch). Because the request originates from the server's own network position, it bypasses network segmentation that would otherwise shield internal services. The 169.254.169.254 cloud metadata service is a classic target, potentially exposing IAM credentials or instance data through the reflected titles/headers/certificate fields. The affected package is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:openpanel-dev:openpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* for all versions prior to 2.3.0.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Unauthenticated network-reachable SSRF (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) reads internal/metadata data across a trust boundary (S:C, C:H); no write or availability impact (I:N/A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
OpenPanel before 2.3.0 contains an unauthenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability in the GET /tools/site-checker endpoint that accepts a fully client-controlled URL parameter with no private IP filtering or DNS-rebinding protection. Attackers can make the OpenPanel server issue requests to internal services, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints, reading internal HTTP response titles, headers, status codes, and SSL certificate information.
Technical POC Analysis
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery.
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Executive ViewAI
OpenPanel before version 2.3.0 contains a critical unauthenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability in its site-checker tool that allows remote attackers to force the panel server to access internal systems and cloud credential endpoints. Attackers can probe internal infrastructure, enumerate services, and harvest HTTP responses containing sensitive headers and certificates-creating a direct path to credential compromise and lateral movement. All exposed OpenPanel instances require immediate upgrade to version 2.3.0.
Apply vendor patch to version 2.3.0 immediately. If immediate upgrade is not possible, implement network firewall rules blocking OpenPanel outbound requests to private IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 169.254.169.254) and enforce authentication at reverse proxy layer to prevent unauthenticated /tools/site-checker access.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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EUVD-2026-71033
GHSA-jx42-589g-c2x6
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