CRITICAL 9.4 NVD
CVE-2026-113678
Froxlor before 2.3.15 contains a symlink following vulnerability in Statistics::makeChownWithNewStats that allows authenticated customers to take ownership of a
Froxlor before 2.3.15 contains a symlink following vulnerability in Statistics::makeChownWithNewStats that allows authenticated customers to take ownership of arbitrary host directories by abusing the root-run traffic cron. Attackers can replace the goaccess statistics directory in their document root with a symlink, causing chown -R to hand root-owned trees to them and enabling root escalation.
References
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statistics.php#L144-L162
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff54217b9d8f8
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-following-privilege-esc
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.4 was published on 2026-10-20 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-10-20 · -1 days ago
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