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.

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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.
Title Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron
First Time appeared Froxlor
Froxlor froxlor
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Froxlor
Froxlor froxlor
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:40:39.663Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T14:50:55.135Z

Link: CVE-2026-113678

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-20T16:17:12.613

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:12.727

Link: CVE-2026-113678

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Updated: 2026-10-20T17:15:14Z

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