{"id":"CVE-2026-53645","aliases":["EUVD-2026-41970","GHSA-4hf7-xxxw-64rm"],"status":"published","title":"FOSSBilling's missing self-edit prevention in staff permission management allows persistent privilege escalation","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"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","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00372,"percentile":0.31396,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2026-07-06T22:55:56Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08Z","products":[{"vendor":"fossbilling","product":"fossbilling"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling/security/advisories/GHSA-4hf7-xxxw-64rm","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53645.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53645","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-53645","title":"FOSSBilling's missing self-edit prevention in staff permission management allows persistent privilege escalation","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T22:55:56.528Z","modified":"2026-07-07T13:42:46.451Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"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","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:00.11477Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-41970","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T22:55:56Z","modified":"2026-07-07T13:42:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"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","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:11.925616Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-53645","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T23:16:56.493Z","modified":"2026-07-07T14:16:32.857Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:28.040501Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-53645","title":"FOSSBilling's missing self-edit prevention in staff permission management allows persistent privilege escalation","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T22:55:56.528Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08.026722902Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"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","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:08.132336Z"}]}}