The security scan of cinteltelecom.com found 17 issues including 2 high-risk and 5 medium-risk findings. The most critical issue is 'cPanel Exposed' which requires immediate attention. Full remediation steps are provided for each finding below.
The path /cpanel/ is accessible without authentication — this exposes administration functionality to anyone on the internet
Publicly reachable admin panels are a primary target for automated attacks. An attacker who can reach /cpanel/ can attempt brute-force login, exploit known vulnerabilities in the admin software, or leverage it as a stepping stone to full server compromise — without needing any insider knowledge of the site.
Example: Automated bots constantly scan the internet for paths like /cpanel/. A business that left a default admin URL accessible was compromised when a bot found it, brute-forced a weak password in minutes, and installed backdoor malware — all without any human attacker being involved.
Restrict access to /cpanel/ by IP allowlist, move it to a non-standard path, or disable it if not needed. Nginx: 'location ^~ /cpanel/ { allow YOUR_IP; deny all; }'. Also ensure strong, unique credentials are set for any admin accounts, and enable multi-factor authentication where supported.
No DMARC record — your domain has zero email authentication enforcement, making it trivial to impersonate your business
This makes it significantly easier for scammers to send convincing fake emails 'from' your business — a common tactic in invoice fraud and phishing — which can directly cost your customers money and damage trust in your brand.
Example: A scammer sends an invoice-fraud email that appears to come straight from the business's own domain; with no DMARC record in place, nothing tells the recipient's mail provider the message is forged, so it lands in the inbox looking completely legitimate.
Add a DMARC TXT record to your DNS. Go to your domain registrar's DNS settings, add a TXT record for '_dmarc' (not '@') with value: 'v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:youremail@yourdomain.com' Start at p=none — this only turns on reporting, nothing is blocked yet. Review the aggregate reports for a few weeks to confirm every legitimate mail source for this domain (email provider, helpdesk, marketing tools, etc.) is passing DMARC alignment, then move to p=quarantine, and finally p=reject once you're confident nothing legitimate will be caught. Verify at https://mxtoolbox.com/dmarc.aspx
CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
The login or identity check can be tricked by faking trusted information, letting an attacker in without real credentials.
Visiting http:// doesn't redirect to https:// — some visitors may use an unencrypted connection without knowing
Anyone who types or clicks an http:// link is sending their activity on your site — potentially including form data or passwords — unencrypted, where it can be read by anyone on the same public wifi or compromised network.
Example: A customer types the domain into their browser without 'https://', lands on the unencrypted version of the site, and submits a form before ever reaching the secure page — sending that data in plain text the whole time.
Add a permanent redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Nginx: add 'return 301 https://$host$request_uri;' in your port 80 server block. Apache: add 'RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]' in your .htaccess. Cloudflare users: go to SSL/TLS > Edge Certificates > enable 'Always Use HTTPS'.
CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Sensitive data is sent over the network unencrypted, so anyone monitoring the connection can read it.
Missing Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) — browsers aren't forced to always use HTTPS, leaving visitors open to downgrade attacks
An attacker on the same network as a visitor (public wifi, a compromised router, etc.) can trick their browser into using the insecure version of your site and intercept what they type — raising the odds of stolen logins or payment details.
Example: An attacker on a shared network intercepts a visitor's first request (which defaults to HTTP) before the redirect happens, and silently serves them a fake version of the page instead of the real site.
Add the HSTS header to your web server. Nginx: add 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;' in your server block. Apache: add 'Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"' in your config. Cloudflare: SSL/TLS > Edge Certificates > enable HTTP Strict Transport Security.
CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Sensitive data is sent over the network unencrypted, so anyone monitoring the connection can read it.
Missing X-Frame-Options — your website can be embedded in an attacker's invisible iframe to trick users into unwanted actions
An attacker could trick your customers into clicking hidden buttons — like 'change password' or 'confirm purchase' — without realizing it, potentially leading to account takeovers or unauthorized actions carried out under your brand's name.
Example: An attacker embeds the site's 'delete account' or 'confirm payment' button inside an invisible iframe on their own page, disguised under something like a fake 'play video' button — a visitor's real click triggers the hidden action on your site.
Add the X-Frame-Options header. Nginx: 'add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;' Apache: 'Header always set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN' This tells browsers to only allow your site to be framed by pages on the same domain.
CWE-1021 — Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers (Clickjacking)
The site doesn't prevent itself from being embedded inside another page, which attackers can exploit to trick users into clicking something they didn't intend to.
Missing Content-Security-Policy (CSP) — this site has no CSP defense-in-depth layer, so if any cross-site scripting weakness exists elsewhere it's easier to exploit; this finding on its own doesn't mean an XSS vulnerability exists on this site
CSP is a defense-in-depth browser control, not evidence of an active vulnerability by itself — but if an attacker ever manages to slip malicious script onto your site through some other weakness (e.g. a vulnerable plugin or a comment field), a good CSP is often what stops that script from running and stealing customer data such as login sessions or payment details. Without it, that second layer of protection isn't there.
Example: A vulnerable comment form or compromised ad widget lets an attacker inject a script tag; with a properly scoped CSP in place, the browser would refuse to run it — without CSP, that same injected script runs freely and can forward a visitor's session cookie to the attacker.
Add a Content-Security-Policy header, but roll it out carefully — a misconfigured CSP can break legitimate scripts/styles on the site. Start by deploying it in Report-Only mode first, which reports violations without blocking anything: 'add_header Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only "default-src \'self\'; script-src \'self\'; object-src \'none\'; report-uri /csp-report";' Review the reports for a while to catch anything the policy would break, adjust the policy, then switch the header name to 'Content-Security-Policy' (without '-Report-Only') to start enforcing it. For WordPress or complex sites, use https://csp-evaluator.withgoogle.com to help build the policy.
CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure
A security safeguard that should be protecting the system is missing, disabled, or not strong enough.
The path /server-status returns a restricted-access response (401/403) that is genuinely distinct from how this site handles random nonexistent paths — this confirms *something* is being specially handled at this path, but the response contains no content confirming what it actually is — this exposes internal server diagnostic information, not a login panel
This page reveals internal details about the server's configuration, active connections, or recent errors — not something the general public should be able to see, and useful reconnaissance an attacker can use to plan a more targeted attack elsewhere on the site.
Example: An attacker reviews this page to learn internal server details, request patterns, or recent error messages, then uses that information to plan a more targeted attack elsewhere on the site instead of guessing blind.
Restrict access to /server-status by IP allowlist, or disable it entirely if not needed. Nginx: 'location ^~ /server-status { allow YOUR_IP; deny all; }'. Apache ('server-status'/'server-info'): add 'Require ip YOUR_IP' inside the relevant <Location> block, or remove the module if unused.
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
The system reveals information to someone who shouldn't have access to it.
Missing X-Content-Type-Options — browsers may guess file types incorrectly, which can enable content injection
This is a minor gap on its own, but it slightly raises the odds that a malicious file could be misread as something else by a visitor's browser, helping a separate attack succeed.
Example: A user-uploaded file intended to be harmless (like an image) is reinterpreted by the browser as executable script because the server never told it what the file actually was, letting an unrelated vulnerability turn into a working attack.
Add: 'add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;' (Nginx) or 'Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff' (Apache). This is a one-line fix that takes 2 minutes.
CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure
A security safeguard that should be protecting the system is missing, disabled, or not strong enough.
Missing Referrer-Policy — page URLs (which may include sensitive data) are shared with third-party sites your pages link to
If any of your page addresses contain sensitive details (like a password-reset token or account ID), that information could leak to outside sites your pages link to — a small but easily avoidable privacy gap.
Example: A customer clicks an outbound link from a page whose URL happens to include an account ID or a password-reset token, and that full address — token included — is handed to the destination site in the Referer header.
Add: 'add_header Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" always;' (Nginx) or 'Header always set Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin' (Apache).
CWE-16 — Configuration
The weakness comes from how the software was configured, not from a flaw in its code.
Missing Permissions-Policy — browser features like camera, microphone, and location aren't restricted for embedded third-party scripts
If you ever embed third-party ads, widgets, or analytics scripts, they could request a visitor's camera, microphone, or location without you intending to allow it — an avoidable privacy risk for your customers.
Example: An embedded ad network's script requests the visitor's location or microphone access through a permission prompt the site owner never intended to allow, simply because nothing in the page's headers restricted it.
Add: 'add_header Permissions-Policy "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()" always;' Adjust based on what your site actually uses. This limits what ad/analytics scripts can access.
CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure
A security safeguard that should be protecting the system is missing, disabled, or not strong enough.
a macOS .DS_Store file is publicly accessible, which can reveal the names of other files in the same folder
This file can list the names of other files on the server in the same folder, sometimes giving an attacker hints about other things to probe for.
Example: An attacker parses this file to see the names of other files in the same folder — sometimes turning up a backup file or admin script that was never meant to be discoverable.
Delete the file and add a server rule to block it. Nginx: 'location ~ /\.DS_Store$ { deny all; }'.
CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Files that should be private can be reached by people who shouldn't have access to them.
Public IP 108.179.252.18 (hosted by Oracle Corporation) has no abuse reports on AbuseIPDB in the last 90 days.
A clean IP reputation is a good sign — no other indication needed here.
No action required.
Public IP 108.179.252.18 is registered to HostGator.com LLC — network: HGBLOCK-5 — block: 108.179.192.0 – 108.179.255.255.
This is informational — it tells you (and anyone else who looks it up) which hosting provider or network actually operates this IP. Useful for confirming you're hosted where you expect, or for context if the IP reputation check above flags anything.
No action required — this is identifying information, not a vulnerability.
/.htpasswd returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
/.htpasswd returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
No action needed if this is intentionally restricted. Confirm the credentials protecting it are strong and not left at a default.
/server-status returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
/server-status returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
No action needed if this is intentionally restricted. Confirm the credentials protecting it are strong and not left at a default.
/error_log returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
/error_log returned HTTP 403. This confirms the path exists, but access control prevented access — it was not accessed.
No action needed if this is intentionally restricted. Confirm the credentials protecting it are strong and not left at a default.
/.DS_Store returned HTTP 200, a real distinct response rather than the site's soft-404 page. This path isn't one a typical visitor would stumble onto by browsing the site normally, which is why it's worth a quick manual look — but its existence alone isn't a vulnerability.
/.DS_Store returned HTTP 200, a real distinct response rather than the site's soft-404 page. This path isn't one a typical visitor would stumble onto by browsing the site normally, which is why it's worth a quick manual look — but its existence alone isn't a vulnerability.
Open the path yourself and confirm it's meant to be public. If it's leftover debug/test/admin tooling that should have been removed, take it down or restrict it by IP allowlist. If it's intentional, no action needed.
Your server is reachable, which means the web checks and SSL analysis were able to run successfully.