CVE-2026-40521

HIGH

FrontAccounting < 2.4.20 Path Traversal RCE via attachment upload

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

FrontAccounting before 2.4.20 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the attachment upload handler that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading files with traversal sequences in the unique_name parameter. Attackers can supply path traversal sequences ../../../shell.php to write files outside the intended attachments directory into the web root, and by uploading PHP files without extension validation, achieve remote code execution as the web server user.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 46.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
FrontAccounting/FrontAccounting < 2.4.20
FrontAccounting/FrontAccounting 701fea6848da4a02fb83d30f07a9c0473d6b7e33
Published Jun 29, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 29, 2026