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.
CVE-2026-33543
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 79% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.3
- EG Score
- 9.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 46(Track)EG Risk 46/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity93% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 21.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 24, 2026
Last Modified
June 25, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 24, 2026Authentication bypass allows unauthenticated administrator creation · Advisory · FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling · GitHub
https://github.com/FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling/security/advisories/GHSA-28mh-j262-q49w0.8.0
Patch available: FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling 0.8.0
https://github.com/FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling/releases/tag/0.8.0Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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