Client billing interruption via unchecked negative balance
Published Apr 24, 2026 · Updated Apr 24, 2026
Business logic error in HostBill 2025-11-24 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt client billing through negative credit. Client Balance accepts negative credit adjustments without validating the amount, leaving the account permanently overdue and preventing normal balance updates. Administrative access is required; affected clients have purchases marked overdue regardless of payment status while their actual balances remain frozen.
Summary
What happened
Business logic error in HostBill 2025-11-24 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt client billing through negative credit. Client Balance accepts negative credit adjustments without validating the amount, leaving the account permanently overdue and preventing normal balance updates. Administrative access is required; affected clients have purchases marked overdue regardless of payment status while their actual balances remain frozen.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-31051
- Published
- Apr 24, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- HostBill negative client balance reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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