CVE-2026-108108
PHPNuxBill through 2025.3.20 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in RADIUS CHAP verification because Passwor
Summary
PHPNuxBill through 2025.3.20 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in RADIUS CHAP verification because Password::chap_verify() returns true when the supplied response does not match. Attackers who know a valid customer or PPPoE username can log in through MikroTik hotspot or PPPoE CHAP with any incorrect password to obtain network access and consume that customer's plan.
Published 2026-10-09 · first seen here 2026-10-10
Analysis & write-ups
No technical write-up from a research team yet. Contact Zero checks Unit 42, Google/Mandiant, Microsoft, Talos, CrowdStrike, Rapid7, watchTowr and others several times a day, plus NVD and CISA reference links.
Where it shows in your logs
Server or web application · Authentication bypass or missing authorisation medium confidence
What to look for
- Admin or API actions with no successful login before them in the same session
- New admin accounts, API keys or tokens created shortly after unusual requests
- Requests to admin or API endpoints from internet IPs
- The application's process (w3wp.exe, java, tomcat, node, php-fpm, httpd, python) starting shells or LOLBins (cmd, powershell, sh, bash, curl, wget, certutil)
- New script files in web roots (.jsp, .aspx, .php): a web shell
- Requests to unusual URLs on the application from internet IPs right before any of the above
- Outbound connections from the server to new external IPs
Data sources
Web server and WAF logs · ATT&CK DS0015 Application Log Content
- Sentinel
W3CIISLogAppServiceHTTPLogsAzureDiagnostics (Application Gateway / Front Door WAF)_Im_WebSession- Splunk
Web.Webms:iis:autoaccess_combinedWAF / proxy sourcetypes- CrowdStrike
Falcon Next-Gen SIEM: third-party web / WAF / proxy logs
Process creation · ATT&CK DS0009 Process Creation
- Sentinel
DeviceProcessEventsSecurityEvent (4688)Sysmon Event ID 1_Im_ProcessCreate- Splunk
Endpoint.ProcessesXmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/OperationalWinEventLog:Security (4688)- CrowdStrike
ProcessRollup2SyntheticProcessRollup2
File creation · ATT&CK DS0022 File Creation
- Sentinel
DeviceFileEventsSysmon Event ID 11_Im_FileEvent- Splunk
Endpoint.FilesystemSysmon Event ID 11- CrowdStrike
NewExecutableWrittenNewScriptWritten*FileWritten events
Network connections · ATT&CK DS0029 Network Connection Creation / Network Traffic Flow
- Sentinel
DeviceNetworkEventsCommonSecurityLog (firewall)_Im_NetworkSession- Splunk
Network_Traffic.All_TrafficFirewall sourcetypes (pan:traffic, fortigate_traffic, cisco:asa)- CrowdStrike
NetworkConnectIP4NetworkReceiveAcceptIP4NetworkConnectIP6
Authentication and sessions · ATT&CK DS0028 Logon Session Creation / DS0002 User Account Authentication
- Sentinel
SigninLogsSecurityEvent (4624, 4625, 4648)DeviceLogonEventsIdentityLogonEvents_Im_Authentication- Splunk
Authentication.Authenticationpan:globalprotectVPN sourcetypes- CrowdStrike
UserLogonUserLogonFailed2Falcon Identity Protection events
Account and group changes · ATT&CK DS0002 User Account Creation / Modification
- Sentinel
SecurityEvent (4720, 4728, 4732, 4756)AuditLogsIdentityDirectoryEvents- Splunk
Change.All_Changes (Account_Management)WinEventLog:Security (4720, 4732)- CrowdStrike
UserAccountCreatedUserAccountAddedToGroup
A generic baseline worked out from the product type and weakness (CWE-287), not a detection. Check table and field names against your environment. Hunt queries for Sigma, Splunk, Sentinel and CrowdStrike are coming.
References
- NVD entry
- https://github.com/hotspotbilling/phpnuxbill
- https://github.com/hotspotbilling/phpnuxbill/blob/2025.3.13/system/autoload/Password.php#L48
- https://github.com/hotspotbilling/phpnuxbill/security/advisories/GHSA-6f62-x25v-9686
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpnuxbill-through-2025.3.20-chap-authentication-bypass-via-password-chap-verify