Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 9.4 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Configuration Injection leading to Denial of Service or Hijacked Responses
Action: Immediate Upgrade
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated customers to inject arbitrary configuration directives into nginx or Apache vhost files because the application does not validate newline characters in subdomain redirect URLs. This results in configuration corruption, known as injection of configuration files, likely enabling denial of service or response hijacking across hosted domains. The weakness is a classic configuration injection (CWE‑93).

Affected Systems

All froxlor installations running versions earlier than 2.2.5 are affected. This includes every release that predates 2.2.5; no specific sub‑release list is provided. The vulnerability applies to both nginx and Apache setups managed by froxlor.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.4 classifies this as Critical severity. The EPSS score is not available, so the likelihood of exploitation cannot be assessed with precision, but the lack of sanitization coupled with authenticated customer access makes exploitation feasible. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, yet the impact is substantial. Attackers would need authenticated customer credentials and would use the subdomain redirect URL feature to trigger the injection during a cron rebuild that writes the input directly to the vhost config files.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 14, 2026 at 20:28 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade froxlor to version 2.2.5 or later, which includes input validation for subdomain redirect URLs.
  • Remove or reset any subdomain redirect URLs that contain newline characters or rely on unsanitized input before applying the patch.
  • After upgrading, rebuild the virtual host configurations and verify that no unintended directives persist. If config corruption occurs, restore from a known good backup and reapply the upgrade.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 14, 2026 at 20:28 UTC.

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History

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title froxlor before 2.2.5 nginx/Apache Configuration Injection via subdomain redirect URL
First Time appeared Froxlor
Froxlor froxlor
Weaknesses CWE-93
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Froxlor
Froxlor froxlor
References
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:L'}

cvssV4_0

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T12:48:31.435Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T11:34:24.686Z

Link: CVE-2026-90937

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T13:19:32.277

Modified: 2026-09-14T13:19:32.277

Link: CVE-2026-90937

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T20:30:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-93

    Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')