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CVE-2026-40520

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.12 BB Relevance: 62/100
Published: 2026-04-21 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: High
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

FreePBX api module version 17.0.8 and prior contain a command injection vulnerability in the initiateGqlAPIProcess() function where GraphQL mutation input fields are passed directly to shell_exec() without sanitization or escaping. An authenticated user with a valid bearer token can send a GraphQL moduleOperations mutation with backtick-wrapped commands in the module field to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying host as the web server user.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
freepbx api < 17.0.8

References & Advisories (4)

Bug Bounty Relevance

62 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.6 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.38%
Raw Score 0.013790
Percentile 72.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.01379
2026-10-28
0.01379

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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