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CVE-2026-21857

HighPublished

Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read

Published: Jan 7, 2026
Updated: Jan 8, 2026
Assigning CNA: GitHub_M
Evidence observed: Aug 19, 2026

Primary CVSS

8.3/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS probability estimate

0.5%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 44.3%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

REDAXO is a PHP-based content management system. Prior to version 5.20.2, authenticated users with backup permissions can read arbitrary files within the webroot via path traversal in the Backup addon's file export functionality. The Backup addon does not validate the `EXPDIR` POST parameter against the UI-generated allowlist of permitted directories. An attacker can supply relative paths containing `../` sequences (or even absolute paths inside the document root) to include any readable file in the generated `.tar.gz` archive. Version 5.20.2 fixes this issue.

Sources

CVE-2026-21857PoC
CVE-2026-21857 - Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read

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