<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Security Hole in Cloud Hosting Control Panels - Article: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi everyone, I came across this article that might be of interest.</p>
<h5><a href="https://smitka.me/2024/06/03/teaser-vladimir-vs-hosting-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Teaser: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry</a></h5>
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<p dir="auto">This is what I gathered from the article, and I am no expert:</p>
<p dir="auto">Vladimir Smitka, a security researcher/hobbyist from the Czech Republic has found that one weak or compromised site on a server can be used to control / manipulate and gain access to other sites on the same server.</p>
<p dir="auto">That is, many run multiple wordpress sites on a single server - some of these sites are just test or hobby sites that are not secured very well.<br />
These sites, if compromised, can be used to launch attacks on other sites on the same server even if the installations are isolated dockers.</p>
<p dir="auto">Seems like most famous web panel providers like Cloudways, RunCloud, etc have failed the test and more importantly have not taken any steps to address the issue and patch the vulnerabilities.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Providers I tested:</p>
<p dir="auto">Serveravatar – didn’t found the way how to break site isolation (but was able to bypass some default security measures and you have to be very careful with some of the features)<br />
<a href="http://Enhance.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Enhance.com</a> -fixed instantly<br />
InstaWP – fixed<br />
Xcloud.host – fixed<br />
GridPane – fixed most issues pretty quick<br />
Ploi – investigating for 2 months, will be fixed soon<br />
Cloudways – not fixed after 3 months<br />
RunCloud – investigating few weeks, not fixed yet<br />
FlyWP – investigating more than month, not fixed yet<br />
Cloudpanel – will be fixed in distant future<br />
SpinupWP – feature not a bug<br />
Forge – don’t care</p>
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<p dir="auto"><strong>Conclusion: Docker doesn’t automatically guarantee security.</strong></p>
<p dir="auto">Should we be worried?<br />
What measures are you currently taking to secure your WP sites.<br />
And what are some good practices that we must adopt?</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11869/security-hole-in-cloud-hosting-control-panels-article-vladimir-vs-hosting-industry</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:13:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11869.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:46:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Security Hole in Cloud Hosting Control Panels - Article: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:14:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/jagan" aria-label="Profile: jagan">@<bdi>jagan</bdi></a> from a quick reading, this doesn't apply to Cloudron, since we don't use fpm for WordPress (we use modphp)</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89610</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89610</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[girish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:14:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Security Hole in Cloud Hosting Control Panels - Article: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry on Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:37:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">The <a href="https://smitka.me/2024/06/08/vladimir-vs-hosting-industry-docker-php-fpm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">part two</a> with exploit code, some possible fixes and details has been posted.<br />
<a href="https://smitka.me/2024/06/08/vladimir-vs-hosting-industry-docker-php-fpm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://smitka.me/2024/06/08/vladimir-vs-hosting-industry-docker-php-fpm/</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89598</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89598</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jagan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Security Hole in Cloud Hosting Control Panels - Article: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry on Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:58:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I guess we need to see more technical details to see if Cloudron package might be affected.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89544</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[girish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:58:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Security Hole in Cloud Hosting Control Panels - Article: Vladimir vs Hosting Industry on Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:54:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first reaction on reading about cloudways was to smirk at them and feel smug about my decision to abandon that sinking ship of a platform (constant upsells for almost everything), but it hit me - I mustn't be so cocky.</p>
<p dir="auto">Let me check with our friendly community.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89543</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/89543</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jagan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:54:46 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>