🛡️ CVE-2023-0566 — froxlor

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-0566 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-0566 is recorded against 2 packages.

• froxlor (fixed in 2.0.10)
• froxlor/froxlor (fixed in 2.0.10)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 January 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
huntr.dev
github.com
huntr.dev

Other advisories for this package

froxlor has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-41229 (9.1 Critical, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41228 (9.9 Critical, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41233 (5.4 Medium, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41232 (5.0 Medium, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41231 (7.5 High, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41230 (8.5 High, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-30932 (8.8 High, published 24 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-26279 (9.1 Critical, published 3 Mar 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

• CVE-2011-4924 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000482 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-20182 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-3988 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0157 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000426 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-25045 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-2209 (published 6 Jul 2026)

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