CVE-2026-53645FOSSBilling's missing self-edit prevention in staff permission management allows persistent privilege escalation
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FOSSBilling is a free, open-source billing and client management system. Versions prior to 0.8.0 allow a low-privileged staff account to grant arbitrary module permissions to itself through the admin API, resulting in persistent privilege escalation. A staff user that only has `staff.create_and_edit_staff` can call `/api/admin/staff/permissions_update` targeting their own account and write any permission structure, bypassing the intended role-based access control boundary. Version 0.8.0 patches the issue. Some workarounds are available. Restrict the `staff.create_and_edit_staff` permission to only highly trusted staff members and/or use a reverse proxy or WAF to restrict access to `/api/admin/staff/permissions_update` to specific trusted roles.
- CVSS
- 8.5 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jul 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
FOSSBilling FOSSBilling fossbilling:fossbilling (from the name) | before 0.8.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling/security/advisories/GHSA-4hf7-xxxw-64rmx-refsource-confirm
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