We had a need to decrypt plesk passwords upon request to interface with another system so after a bit of playing about the following code is what we landed at:-
<?php
$key = file_get_contents("/etc/psa/private/secret_key");
$hash = explode('
Just pass the AES string in its entirety from the psa database.
Hope this helps people :)
James
, '$AES-128-CBC$some-example-string==$some-example-salt==');
$iv = base64_decode($hash[2]);
$ct = base64_decode($hash[3]);
$dec = str_replace("\0", "", mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key, $ct , MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv));
echo($dec);
?>
Just pass the AES string in its entirety from the psa database.
Hope this helps people 🙂
The need arose to decrypt Plesk passwords on demand to integrate with another system leading to the development of a working solution that processes the full AES string as stored in the psa database. The approach proved reliable for securely retrieving credentials when required by authorized processes.
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James