CVE-2026-33543 PUBLISHED

FOSSBilling: Authentication bypass allows unauthenticated administrator creation

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.03.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

FOSSBilling is a free, open-source billing and client management system. Versions 0.7.2 and prior expose a guest API endpoint, /api/guest/staff/create, intended for initial administrator bootstrap. Due to a flawed admin-existence check, the endpoint remains usable after an administrator already exists. The flawed guard check uses is_countable() on a value that returns a Model_Admin object or null rather than a countable type, causing the expression to always evaluate as true and bypass the intended protection. As a result, an attacker can reach the unprotected endpoint to create a new administrator account and immediately authenticate, gaining a fully privileged admin session even when an admin already exists. This issue has been fixed in version 0.8.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor FOSSBilling
Product FOSSBilling
Versions
  • Version < 0.8.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel CWE
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE