FKIE_CVE-2026-12116

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-09 14:16 - Updated: 2026-10-25 17:10
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the Xerte Online Tools allows for RCE through the antivirus binary path in the tools server settings, which can be changed to a PHP interpreter, allowing an attacker to upload PHP data that will then be executed.
References
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/8ef20628f80bd88bd1fe3e5844a9116a910086b7
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1543
cret@cert.orghttps://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/news/blog/80-news/364-xerte-3-14-and-3-15-important-security-update
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
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