CVE-2026-12116

CRITICAL

Xerte Online Tools < 3.15.5 and < 3.14.6 - Remote Code Execution via Antivirus Binary Path Manipulation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the Xerte Online Tools allows for RCE through the antivirus binary path in the tools server settings, which can be changed to a PHP interpreter, allowing an attacker to upload PHP data that will then be executed.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/8ef20628f80bd88bd1fe3e5844a9116a910086b7

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1543

https://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/news/blog/80-news/364-xerte-3-14-and-3-15-important-security-update

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0057

EPSS Percentile 43.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

Status published

Products (2)

Xerte/Xerte Online Tools < 3.14.6

Xerte/Xerte Online Tools < v3.15.5

Published Jul 09, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 09, 2026