CVE-2021-44664

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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 products

Xerte: through 3.9

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166182/Xerte-3.9-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b#diff-27433bb0be90e431d40986f9afebe9ee2f8d1025a7f9e55c3cd7a86f1f8e3fdc
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5
https://riklutz.nl/2021/11/03/authenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166182/Xerte-3.9-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b#diff-27433bb0be90e431d40986f9afebe9ee2f8d1025a7f9e55c3cd7a86f1f8e3fdc
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5
https://riklutz.nl/2021/11/03/authenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/

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