CVE-2026-55593: Froxlor has CSRF Vulnerability in AJAX Endpoint — Missing Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection
The Froxlor AJAX endpoint (lib/ajax.php) is missing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection. While the main application (lib/init.php) enforces CSRF token validation on all state-changing HTTP requests (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE), the standalone lib/ajax.php endpoint bypasses this mechanism entirely, validating only the user’s session. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by an authenticated Froxlor administrator, silently modifies API key properties (e.g., adding the attacker’s IP to the allowed_from whitelist or extending the valid_until expiration).
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