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.
References6
- github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statist…
- github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff…
- github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15
- github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4…
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-foll…
- github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.9
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 4.0
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9.4
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 51 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-59
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