Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-113678
froxlor froxlor
Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron
CVSS 4.0
9.4Critical
Official description
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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4Critical | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| 9.9Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| froxlor | froxlor | v < 2.3.15 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff54217b9d8f8 patch
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15 release-notes
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statistics.php#L144-L162 technical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-following-privilege-escalation-via-traffic-cron third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv vendor-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2026-10-20
- Last updated
- 2026-10-23
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
- Kolun priority
- 27 · Low
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
50.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')