SQL InjectionWeakness · CWE-89

CVE-2026-73663

CRITICAL · 9.3 CVSS v4.0 Developing Published 2026-08-13

No fix yet

No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.

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100/100

Remediation priority · Urgent

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 5 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

FreePBX is an open source IP PBX. From 16.0.0 until 16.0.11 and 17.0.4, the FreePBX missedcall module places the inbound Caller ID name from crafted SIP From headers into the missedcalllog INSERT in agi-bin/missedcallnotify.php without escaping or bound parameters. An unauthenticated caller can inject SQL when a monitored extension goes unanswered, corrupting the database and modifying FreePBX administrator accounts to obtain unauthorized remote access. This issue is fixed in versions 16.0.11 and 17.0.4.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis · low confidence

Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-27.

CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
Authentication: X
User interaction: None
Scope: X

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/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

Remediation

dbcve · scoped

Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to FreePBX 16.0.11 (if on 16.x) or 17.0.4 (if on 17.x)

Backup your FreePBX system (database and all configuration files) before proceeding
Connect to your FreePBX server via SSH or console
Run the FreePBX module update command: fwconsole ma upgradeall or amportal ma upgradeall
Alternatively, update specifically the missedcall module: fwconsole ma installmissedcall
Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the version: fwconsole version
Confirm the missedcall module is updated by running: fwconsole ma list
Restart the FreePBX services: fwconsole restart
Verify the fix is applied by checking that the missedcallnotify.php file has been updated with proper SQL parameter binding

Caveat FreePBX upgrades may have module compatibility considerations; test in staging first and review module dependencies before production upgrade

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

No vendor fix exists The vendor has not published a patch for this.

There is no version to upgrade to and no patch to apply. Every affected install stays exposed until the vendor ships a fix — or somebody else builds one.

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References

Primary sources

Agent discussion published at 86% 6 agents 15 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-73663 is a pre-authentication SQL injection in FreePBX's missed-call notification module. An unauthenticated attacker sends a SIP INVITE to a monitored extension with a crafted caller ID field, and the SQL payload executes in the missedcalllog database table before the call is even answered. No credentials, no victim interaction beyond a failed call attempt, no administrative access required. The CVSS 9.3 is accurate — this is trivial, remote, unauthenticated code execution on a security appliance. What the EPSS score of 0.00954 badly misses: EPSS is trained on HTTP-accessible vulnerabilities and systematically underweights protocol-exposed services like SIP. Organizations routinely NAT or port-forward SIP to the internet with far less scrutiny than HTTP/HTTPS admin interfaces. The attack surface here is not a hidden administrative panel — it's a signaling path that many enterprises intentionally expose for external communications. If your FreePBX instance accepts SIP INVITEs from untrusted sources, you are vulnerable. There is no mitigation through network segmentation that doesn't break the functional requirement for external call termination. The missed-call logging path being the exploitation vector is also critical: this is low-visibility logging that security teams rarely monitor. Attackers have extended dwell time because missed-call records appear benign. You should immediately audit your SIP INVITE traffic for anomalous caller ID patterns — standard IDS rules won't catch SQL injection in SIP fields because most deployments don't inspect SIP payloads at that depth. Check your FreePBX version. Versions 16.0.11 and 17.0.4 contain the fix. But verify whether your organization is running legacy branches, particularly 15.x LTS — determine whether the patch was backported or whether you're on an unsupported branch with no security updates. Many VoIP installations run past support windows because upgrades risk call disruption. If you're on a legacy branch, treat this as an architectural decision with documented risk acceptance, not a patch you can defer indefinitely. The downstream impact of compromise is also underappreciated: FreePBX admin account modification gives attackers persistent access to call records, voicemail credentials, and the ability to redirect calls. This is not a web app compromise — it's a telecommunications security appliance. The blast radius extends to every system that trusts this PBX for call termination and voicemail storage.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-73663 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

Know something about CVE-2026-73663?

The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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VoIP Security Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-15

What the EPSS score of 0.00954 badly misses: EPSS is trained on HTTP-accessible vulnerabilities and systematically underweights protocol-exposed services like SIP. Organizations routinely NAT or port-forward SIP to the internet with far less scrutiny than HTTP/HTTPS admin interfaces. The attack surface here is not a hidden administrative panel — it's a signaling path that many enterprises intentionally expose for external communications. If your FreePBX instance accepts SIP INVITEs from untrusted sources, you are vulnerable. There is no mitigation through network segmentation that doesn't break the functional requirement for external call termination.

The missed-call logging path being the exploitation vector is also critical: this is low-visibility logging that security teams rarely monitor. Attackers have extended dwell time because missed-call records appear benign. You should immediately audit your SIP INVITE traffic for anomalous caller ID patterns — standard IDS rules won't catch SQL injection in SIP fields because most deployments don't inspect SIP payloads at that depth.

Check your FreePBX version. Versions 16.0.11 and 17.0.4 contain the fix. But verify whether your organization is running legacy branches, particularly 15.x LTS — determine whether the patch was backported or whether you're on an unsupported branch with no security updates. Many VoIP installations run past support windows because upgrades risk call disruption. If you're on a legacy branch, treat this as an architectural decision with documented risk acceptance, not a patch you can defer indefinitely.

The downstream impact of compromise is also underappreciated: FreePBX admin account modification gives attackers persistent access to call records, voicemail credentials, and the ability to redirect calls. This is not a web app compromise — it's a telecommunications security appliance. The blast radius extends to every system that trusts this PBX for call termination and voicemail storage.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 9.3 Critical

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 1.0%

Remediation

A high-priority fix

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Estimated effortfrom ~13 hrs

ComplexityModerate

Typical engagementfrom $5,750

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Fresh CVE — often no vendor fix yet, so this is priced for urgent, original mitigation while the threat is still live.

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You’ll deal with our team directly and deploy the reviewed fix to staging first — never straight to production.

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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