{"id":"CVE-2026-113678","title":"Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron","summary":"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…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"froxlor","product":"froxlor","affected":["froxlor < 2.3.15"],"published":"2026-10-20","updated":"2026-10-20","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-20T15:40:39.663Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113678","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv)"},{"url":"https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff54217b9d8f8"},{"url":"https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15","label":"froxlor 2.3.15 Release Notes"},{"url":"https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statistics.php#L144-L162"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-following-privilege-escalation-via-traffic-cron","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T16:10:53.297Z","slug":"CVE-2026-113678","body":"## Overview\n\nFroxlor 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `froxlor < 2.3.15`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}