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FKIE_CVE-2026-55579

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-27 18:16 - Updated: 2026-07-27 20:32
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.6, Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11). There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal features, enabling arbitrary file read/write and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.6.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.6
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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