CVE-2021-47751

HIGH

Phphtmledit Rich Text Editor < 6.6 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Stefan Hesselman · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50994

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 58.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
Phphtmledit/CuteEditor < 6.6
phphtmledit/rich_text_editor < 6.6
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026