CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-44664
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-02-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22, CWE-434
Description
An Authenticated Remote Code Exection (RCE) vulnerability exists in Xerte through 3.9 in website_code/php/import/fileupload.php by uploading a maliciously crafted PHP file though the project interface disguised as a language file to bypasses the upload filters. Attackers can manipulate the files destination by abusing path traversal in the 'mediapath' variable.
Affected configurations
• xerte xerte (<= 3.9)
Related
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166182/Xerte-3.9-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b#diff-27433bb0be90e431d40986f9afebe9ee2f8d1025a7f9e55c3cd7a86f1f8e3fdc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://riklutz.nl/2021/11/03/authenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166182/Xerte-3.9-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b#diff-27433bb0be90e431d40986f9afebe9ee2f8d1025a7f9e55c3cd7a86f1f8e3fdc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://riklutz.nl/2021/11/03/authenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory