Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as Froxlor customer
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DeliveryCreate subdomain with newline-laden redirect URL
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ExploitInjected directives written to vhost config on cron rebuild
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ExecutionWeb server loads attacker directives
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ImpactHijack HTTP responses or DoS co-hosted domains
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization CRLF sequence sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated Froxlor customer account (PR:L) with permission to create or edit a subdomain and set its redirect URL - the exact injection vector is a subdomain redirect URL field that accepts literal newline characters. Exploitation depends on the server running the Froxlor cron job that regenerates Apache or nginx vhost config files (default behavior), and impact realizes only after that rebuild runs, so there is a timing dependency rather than instantaneous execution. Limiting factors: the attacker must already have a valid customer login, and multi-tenant impact is only meaningful on shared servers hosting multiple domains; single-tenant/self-hosted installs limit the blast radius to the operator's own domains. |
| Impact | The vendor CVSS 4.0 score of 9.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L) reflects a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring only a valid customer login and no user interaction - a realistic bar in shared-hosting environments where customer accounts are sold or self-registered. The high vulnerable- and subsequent-system confidentiality/integrity metrics correctly capture cross-tenant compromise, while availability is rated lower (VA:L/SA:L) because a broken config primarily degrades service rather than destroying data. No EPSS score, KEV entry, or public POC was provided, so exploitation probability signals are absent; the score is driven by impact and ease, not by observed activity. The main limiting factor is the authentication requirement (PR:L) and the timing dependency on the cron-driven config rebuild - exploitation is not instantaneous but is reliable. This is a genuine priority for anyone running multi-tenant Froxlor, and lower urgency for single-operator deployments where the attacker would already be trusted. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged customer on a shared Froxlor server creates a subdomain with a redirect URL whose value contains literal newline characters followed by attacker-chosen nginx/Apache directives. When the privileged cron job next rebuilds the vhost configuration, the injected directives are written verbatim and loaded by the web server, letting the attacker hijack or break HTTP handling for other domains hosted on the same box. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026
Configuration injection in the Froxlor hosting control panel (all versions before 2.2.5) lets an authenticated customer embed literal newline characters in a subdomain redirect URL, which are written verbatim into nginx or Apache vhost configuration files when the privileged cron job rebuilds them. Because the injected lines become active web server directives affecting other hosted domains on the same server, a low-privileged tenant can corrupt configs, cause denial of service, or hijack HTTP responses across co-hosted sites. This is a CWE-93 CRLF/newline-injection flaw; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Froxlor 2.2.5 or later, which validates and rejects newline characters in subdomain redirect URLs (Vendor-released patch: 2.2.5, per GHSA-c3p2-mj7v-5mrc). If an immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict who can create or edit subdomains and redirect URLs - limit customer self-service and vet redirect values manually - and audit existing generated vhost files for unexpected directives before the next cron rebuild; note this reduces but does not eliminate exposure and adds operational overhead. As a compensating control, review or temporarily disable the redirect-URL feature for untrusted customers, and monitor the Apache/nginx config directories for changes; be aware that disabling redirects breaks legitimate customer workflows. Consult the vendor advisory (https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-c3p2-mj7v-5mrc) for authoritative guidance.
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Affected Packages
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Froxlor is an open-source web hosting control panel (PHP) that manages Apache and nginx virtual-host configuration for multi-tenant shared hosting. Customers configure subdomains through the panel, including HTTP redirect targets. The vulnerability is CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences): Froxlor stores the customer-supplied redirect URL and a privileged cron process later templates it into generated vhost config files without stripping or rejecting newline characters. A URL value containing a literal \n therefore terminates the intended directive line and begins new, attacker-controlled configuration lines (e.g. location, proxy_pass, return, server blocks) that the web server parses as legitimate. Because the generated config governs every domain the server hosts, the injection crosses the tenant boundary - matching the CVSS 4.0 subsequent-system impact (SC:H/SI:H). The advisory chain (GHSA-c3p2-mj7v-5mrc plus VulnCheck's writeup) confirms both Apache and nginx backends are affected.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
Authenticated customer (PR:L) injects config affecting other tenants' domains, so scope changes (S:C) with high cross-domain confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
froxlor versions before 2.2.5 fail to validate newline characters in subdomain redirect URLs, allowing authenticated customers to inject arbitrary nginx or Apache configuration directives. Attackers can supply URLs containing literal newlines that are written verbatim into vhost config files during cron rebuild, enabling web server configuration corruption, denial of service, or hijacking of HTTP responses across hosted domains.
Technical POC Analysis
CWE-93: improper neutralization of CRLF sequences.
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Executive ViewAI
Froxlor hosting control panel versions before 2.2.5 allow authenticated tenants to inject configuration directives into web server files, enabling them to hijack HTTP responses and deny service across multiple co-hosted customer domains. No public exploit has been identified, but this vulnerability exposes hosting providers to SLA breaches and threatens the integrity and availability of customer websites.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Command Injection in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerabilit
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Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.13. Rated critical severity
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Command injection in Froxlor server admin before 2.3.4 due to typo (== instead of =) disabling input validation entirely
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.1.0. Rated high severity (CV
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.14. Rated high severit
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.11. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8),
Code Injection in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.11. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability
Code Injection in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.10. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability
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EUVD-2026-77455
GHSA-r2fc-pw6p-x28w
NVD
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