CVE-2026-74239
XenForo < 2.3.13 Path Traversal via Style Archive Importer on Windows
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Evidence observed
- Sep 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:XLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 51.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
XenForo before 2.3.13 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the style archive importer on Windows deployments that allows authenticated non-super administrators with style permissions to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory by using backslash-based traversal sequences in ZIP member names. Attackers can craft a malicious ZIP archive with backslash path separators that bypass forward-slash validation to write arbitrary bytes to any web-server-writable path, including the public web root, achieving persistent code execution as the web-server account.
Sources
1Proof of concept and technical write-up for CVE-2026-74239, a path traversal vulnerability in XenForo style archive imports on Windows, allowing file write via crafted ZIP.
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