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CVE-2021-47751

Published: Jan 13, 2026

Modified: May 14, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

CuteEditor for PHP (now referred to as Rich Text Editor) 6.6 contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the browse template feature that allows attackers to write files to arbitrary web root directories. Attackers can exploit the ServerMapPath() function by renaming uploaded HTML files using directory traversal sequences to write files outside the intended template directory.

VendorProductVersions

Phphtmledit

CuteEditor

affected
0 - <= 6.6

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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