Critical
Security advisory
A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the Xerte Project Xerte through 3.8.4 via a crafted php file through elfinder in connetor.php.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-44663
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the Xerte Project Xerte through 3.8.4 via a crafted php file through elfinder in connetor.php.
osv:CVE-2021-44663
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:56:52.001878229Z",
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"references": [
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"https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/694a591b5ab7f634f036afaac10397cf3677a98c",
"https://riklutz.nl/2021/10/30/unauthenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 387089,
"published_at": "2022-02-24T19:15:09.49+00:00"
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