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GHSA-338W-WPC4-3PF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-09 15:32 – Updated: 2026-07-09 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-12116 (GCVE-0-2026-12116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 12:37 – Updated: 2026-07-09 15:15

Title

CVE-2026-12116

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-09 15:15 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

certcc mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoo…
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoo…
https://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/news/blog/8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Xerte	Xerte Online Tools	Affected: 0 , < v3.15.5 (custom)
Xerte	Xerte Online Tools	Affected: 0 , < 3.14.6 (custom)

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