CVE-2026-113678

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 v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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-escalation-via-traffic-cron
https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv

Configurations

No configuration.

History

23 Oct 2026, 02:16

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References	~~() https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv -~~	() https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv -

20 Oct 2026, 16:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-20 16:17

Updated : 2026-10-23 02:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-113678

Mitre link : CVE-2026-113678

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-113678

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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