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CVE-2026-100716GHSA-2wjc-6mgx-hq42

Froxlor before 2.3.12 Privilege Escalation via Symlink

froxlor froxlor
CVSS
9.4Critical
ExploitationPublic exploit codeCISA's assessment says proof of concept code is public, assessed 28 Sep 2026. Not in the KEV catalogCISA via CVE List
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.39%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in2.3.12Fixed versionCVE List
Published26 Sep 2026Updated 28 Sep 2026CVE List

What fixes it

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

Froxlor is a server administration panel. In versions 2.3.10 and earlier, the customer data-export (DataDump) cron fails to validate intermediate path components of the export destination: Froxlor\FileDir::makeCorrectDir() contains an off-by-one in its path-component walk that skips the first segment below the customer home directory, and the guard in ExportCron.php checks only the final component with is_link(). An authenticated customer whose account has the export feature enabled can schedule an export into a genuine subdirectory of their own webspace, then replace an intermediate path component with a symlink before the root-owned cron runs. The cron's chown -R then recursively changes ownership of the linked directory tree — for example /etc — to the customer's UID, yielding host root and cross-tenant compromise. Exploitation is deterministic and requires no race. This is an incomplete fix of GHSA-75h4-... The issue is fixed in Froxlor 2.3.12.

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Affected versions 2

  • froxloraffected: all versions before 2.3.12CVE List
  • froxlorunaffected: 2.3.12CVE List

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