---
title: "CVE-2026-113678: Froxlor - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Froxlor < 2.3.15 contains a symlink following vulnerability in Statistics::makeChownWithNewStats, letting authenticated customers escalate privileges by abusing root-run traffic cron to take ownership of arbitrary host directories."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-113678/
---

# CVE-2026-113678 Froxlor - Privilege Escalation

Froxlor < 2.3.15 contains a symlink following vulnerability in Statistics::makeChownWithNewStats, letting authenticated customers escalate privileges by abusing root-run traffic cron to take ownership of arbitrary host directories.

CVSS base score 9.9 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113678)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

20 October 2026

Updated

21 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-59](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 2.3.15 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113678](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113678)
- [https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv](https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjv-x8ff-4cvv)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-following-privilege-escalation-via-traffic-cron](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.15-symlink-following-privilege-escalation-via-traffic-cron)
- [https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statistics.php#L144-L162](https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/blob/2.3.14/lib/Froxlor/Http/Statistics.php#L144-L162)
- [https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff54217b9d8f8](https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/commit/0805a7e16a223d528b51d8cacfaff54217b9d8f8)
- [https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15](https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/releases/tag/2.3.15)

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