CVE-2026-113678: Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron
- Is it exploited?
Not on CISA's list. CISA has not added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of . If CISA adds it, this page shows it as known exploited.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 0.6%
EPSS score, percentile 50.2 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.
CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record lists exploitation as poc.
- How severe?
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 2.3.15
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-29_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Advisories and patches
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 2.3.15 |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-29_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
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.
Summary: CVE record, as of .
- CISA has not added CVE-2026-113678 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- The CVE record was published on 20 Oct 2026.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.4 (Critical), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.6% (percentile 50.2), as of 29 Oct 2026. EPSS is a statistical estimate, not a report of exploitation.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation poc, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-29_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
Froxlor before 2.3.15 Symlink Following Privilege Escalation via Traffic Cron
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-29_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record.
Timeline
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