Xerte Online Toolkits versions 3.15 and earlier contain an incomplete input validation vulnerability in the elFinder connector endpoint that fails to block PHP-executable extensions .php4 due to an incorrect regex pattern. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw combined with authentication bypass and path traversal vulnerabilities to upload malicious PHP code, rename it with a .php4 extension, and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Public exploits 1
- Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Media Upload (exploit module) Metasploit · verified · 2026-04-22
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.3NVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 8
- https://github.com/bootstrapbool/xerteonlinetoolkits-rce
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/02661be88cc369325ea01b508086bde7fbfec805
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/17e4f945fe6a3400fa88c01eda18c1075ee4a212
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/507d55c5e91bf9310b5b1c7fad8aebfef902ad23
- https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1527
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xerte-online-toolkits-file-upload-rce-via-elfinder-connector
- https://xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/downloads-1/category/3-xerte-online-toolkits
- https://xerte.org.uk/xertetoolkits_3.15_ChangeLog.html