CVE-2025-55211 (GCVE-0-2025-55211)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 21:00
Modified
2025-09-16 15:45
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green/E:U
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
FreePBX is an open-source web-based graphical user interface. From 17.0.19.11 to before 17.0.21, authenticated users of the Administrator Control Panel (ACP) can run arbitrary shell commands by maliciously changing languages of the framework module. This vulnerability is fixed in 17.0.21.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/FreePBX/security-reporting/security/advisories/GHSA-xg83-m6q5-q24h
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
FreePBX security-reporting Version: >= 17.0.19.11, < 17.0.21
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