CVE-2026-34413
HIGHXerte Online Toolkits Missing Authentication via connector.php
Title source: cnaDescription
Xerte Online Toolkits versions 3.15 and earlier contain a missing authentication vulnerability in the elFinder connector endpoint at /editor/elfinder/php/connector.php where an HTTP redirect to unauthenticated callers does not call exit() or die(), allowing PHP execution to continue and process the full request server-side. Unauthenticated attackers can perform file operations on project media directories including creating directories, uploading files, renaming files, duplicating files, overwriting files, and deleting files, which can be chained with path traversal and extension blocklist vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution and arbitrary file read.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Exploit technical-description
exploit
https://github.com/bootstrapbool/xerteonlinetoolkits-rce
Release Notes release-notes
https://xerte.org.uk/xertetoolkits_3.15_ChangeLog.html
Product, Permissions Required product
permissions-required
https://xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/downloads-1/category/3-xerte-online-toolkits
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1527
Patch patch
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/02661be88cc369325ea01b508086bde7fbfec805
Patch patch
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/17e4f945fe6a3400fa88c01eda18c1075ee4a212
Patch patch
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/507d55c5e91bf9310b5b1c7fad8aebfef902ad23
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xerte-online-toolkits-missing-authentication-via-connector-php
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0077
EPSS Percentile
50.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-497
Status
published
Products (7)
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
< 02661be88cc369325ea01b508086bde7fbfec805
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
< 17e4f945fe6a3400fa88c01eda18c1075ee4a212
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
< 3.15.0
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
< 507d55c5e91bf9310b5b1c7fad8aebfef902ad23
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
3.13.0
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
3.14.0
thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits
3.15.0
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 23, 2026