alabanza.txt

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Vulnerability: Ability to add/modify domains in name servers of webhosting  
companies who are reselling for Alabanza.  
  
Vendor Contacted: Yes, 09-14-99 - Hole still exists.  
  
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Hello everyone, I currently discovered a serious bug in the control  
panel that can really bring a webhost to it's knees. This hole is for the  
control panel of all Alabanza based resellers/hosts. There could be more  
bugs but I did not take the time to find them yet. This is serious enough  
since you can delete all resold domains for a particulr webhosting  
company. You can also change the default MX and CNAME records of all  
associated domains.  
  
By copying the following url to *most* alabanza host resellers, you have  
the ability to add a domain to their NS without the control panel user  
name and password:  
  
http://www.domain.com/cp/rac/nsManager.cgi?Domain=HAHAHA.org&IP=127.0.0.1&OP=add&Language=english&Submit=Confirm  
*The above link has been broken to prevent abuse. If you are an Alabanza  
based host/reseller, you can easily fix it*  
  
I have tested this on multiple domains and so far, most of them worked.  
You can substitute domain.com for any Alabanza host/reseller domain and  
for the domain you want DNS set up for, substitute HAHAHA.org for it. I  
also changed the ip to localhost instead of whatever was in there. The ip  
you put after IP= is the ip the domain will resolve to.  
  
Here is an example after typing in the above fixed link with a proper  
Alabanza domain in the beginning.  
  
Name Server Manager  
Domain HAHAHA.org will be added within 1 hour!  
Your domain HAHAHA.org 127.0.0.1 will be setup within 1 hour!  
  
Please click here to go back.  
  
After the submission of the domain, you are even given a link to take a  
look at the changes to be made. From this page, you can delete as well  
as modify all associated domains:  
  
http://www.domain.com/cp/rac/nsManager.cgi?Language=english  
*Again, it's been broken*  
  
Again, no user name and password is required.  
  
This is one of the exploits I have currently found in the control panel.  
I have not looked further since this notice should make everyone aware of  
what potential problems can exist. Serious damage to a host can be caused  
through this.  
  
If you would like to get it fixed, you better email the admins at  
Alabanza. It's been more than a week since I have contacted them and no  
fix yet. Hopefully, this will speed them up.  
  
Weihan Leow  
  
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