Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in Responsive FileManager
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
Responsive FileManager's allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload files of any type and extension without restriction using dialog.php endpoint, leading to Remote Code Execution. This project is unmaintained at the time of CVE assignment. The vulnerability was found in the latest release 9.14.0
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5482
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pvv-gjhm-83qj
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
More Tecrail vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-21752 In Responsive Filemanager < 9.12.0, an attacker can bypass upload restrictions resulting in RCE. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-10576 upload.php in Responsive FileManager 9.13.1 allows SSRF via the url parameter. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14211 Tecrail Responsive Filemanger path traversal CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-11081 /filemanager/ajax_calls.php in tecrail Responsive FileManager before 9.13.4 uses external… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-08482 An issue was discovered in Responsive Filemanager through 9.14.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-23039 An issue in Tecrail Responsive FileManager v9.9.5 and below allows attackers to bypass… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-5482 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5482 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3pvv-gjhm-83qj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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