CVE-2018-1000527 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in froxlor/froxlor. A fix is available for froxlor/froxlor — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Froxlor PHP Object Injection vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Froxlor version <= 0.9.39.5 contains a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in Domain name form that can result in Possible information disclosure and remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Passing malicious PHP objection in $_POST['ssl_ipandport']. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit c1e62e6.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | froxlor/froxlor | all versions | 0.9.40composer require froxlor/froxlor:^0.9.40 |
Affected Products
froxlorfroxlorDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for froxlor/froxlor, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update froxlor/froxlor to 0.9.40 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2018-1000527 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Do not deserialise data from untrusted sources: where the format allows it, restrict deserialisation to an explicit allowlist of expected types, and prefer a data-only format (JSON, Protobuf) over one that can reconstruct arbitrary objects until you can upgrade.
Frequently Asked Questions
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