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TI-2026-64872 Aliases CVE-2026-100716GHSA-x52g-rfx2-v8v7

Froxlor before 2.3.12 Privilege Escalation via Symlink

Priority HIGH 76CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00464 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed froxlor (froxlor): 2.3.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
froxlorfroxlorbefore 2.3.122.3.12Patch availableCNA
  • froxlor Vendorfroxlor Affected before 2.3.12 Fixed in 2.3.12 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——froxlor
  • cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·froxlor

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA froxlor (froxlor) Fixed in 2.3.12

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    froxlor 2.3.12

    11 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 5 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-64867 froxlor before 2.3.12 Authentication Bypass via Session PersistencePriority HIGH 77
    • TI-2026-64871 Froxlor before 2.3.12 Arbitrary File Deletion via SymlinkPriority HIGH 72
    • TI-2026-64868 froxlor before 2.3.12 Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via CSRFPriority MEDIUM 64
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100716
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x52g-rfx2-v8v7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-00300 Command Injection in froxlor/froxlor CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-02973 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in froxlor/froxlor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-01234 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in froxlor/froxlor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-01911 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in froxlor/froxlor CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-64867 froxlor before 2.3.12 Authentication Bypass via Session Persistence CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-76945 Symlink following in Froxlor enables root privilege escalation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
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Sources

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