CVE-2026-40521

FrontAccounting < 2.4.20 Path Traversal RCE via attachment upload

State
Published
Severity
8.7 High
Published
Jun 29, 2026
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
Reserved
Apr 13, 2026

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Description

FrontAccounting before 2.4.20 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the attachment upload handler that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading files with traversal sequences in the unique_name parameter. Attackers can supply path traversal sequences ../../../shell.php to write files outside the intended attachments directory into the web root, and by uploading PHP files without extension validation, achieve remote code execution as the web server user.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FrontAccountingFrontAccounting
  • before 2.4.20Affected
  • 701fea6848da4a02fb83d30f07a9c0473d6b7e33Not affected

References

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