Security advisory

{
  "id": "c707e2605d746931db4b07ed36490472eedea152e93d2224905d4c19a8e6af6e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44664",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44664",
    "summary": "An Authenticated Remote Code Exection (RCE) vulnerability exists in Xerte through 3.9 in website_code/php/import/fileupload.php by uploading a maliciously crafted PHP file though the project interface disguised as a language file to bypasses the upload filters. Attackers can manipulate the files destination by abusing path traversal in the 'mediapath' variable.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44664",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-44664",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-44664"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "eca884254dcf8667d40081b91c37d2b48d9cc780"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xerte:xerte:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.9-dev",
            "v3.8-dev",
            "X-v3.7.14-dev",
            "v3.4.1",
            "v3.4",
            "v3.1",
            "v3.0-beta",
            "v2.1",
            "v2.1-beta",
            "2.1-beta",
            "git",
            "v2.0",
            "2.0",
            "initial"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44664.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:56:51.998552215Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/1672d6f46bbd6f6d42f0903ce9a313927ae2836b#diff-27433bb0be90e431d40986f9afebe9ee2f8d1025a7f9e55c3cd7a86f1f8e3fdc",
        "https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/6daeb81d089d4a561e22f931fff1327660a7d1b5",
        "https://riklutz.nl/2021/11/03/authenticated-file-upload-to-remote-code-execution-in-xerte/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44664",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387088,
  "published_at": "2022-02-24T21:15:07.623+00:00"
}