CVE-2026-74239
XenForo < 2.3.13 Path Traversal via Style Archive Importer on Windows
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.6 High
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 14, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.6 High | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
XenForoXenForo |
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References
- Vendor Advisoryvendor-advisorypatch
- Release Notesrelease-notes
- Researcher Advisorytechnical-description
- Researcher PoCexploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xenforo-path-traversal-via-style-archive-importer-on-windowsthird-party-advisory
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