How widely exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is limited to environments where an attacker can obtain administrative access to the Froxlor panel. Once authenticated as admin, the vulnerability is highly impactful because it leads to root-level code execution.

Does an attacker need shell or system-level access beforehand?

No. The attacker only needs an admin-capable web account on the Froxlor panel. They exploit the misvalidated email setting, and the cron job later runs the injected commands as root.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

Correct the validation logic so that email fields are properly checked, and decouple configuration data from shell execution logic. Use APIs that avoid the shell entirely and treat configuration values as arguments rather than command fragments.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

OS Command Injection via Email Setting Validation Bypass (CWE-78) in Froxlor Admin Panel

CVE-2026-26279

Published:

Mar 3, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

OS Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78;CWE-482

Impact:

Remote Code Execution as root

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

OS Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78;CWE-482

Impact:

Remote Code Execution as root

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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OS Command Injection via Email Setting Validation Bypass (CWE-78) in Froxlor Admin Panel

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.9)

Command Injection in MCP Stdio Configuration Validation (CWE-78) in WeKnora

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.9)

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