Xerte Online Toolkits Path Disclosure via /setup
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-497.
Summary
Xerte Online Toolkits versions 3.15 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full server-side filesystem path of the application root. Attackers can send a GET request to the /setup page to access the exposed root_path value rendered in the HTML response, which enables exploitation of path-dependent vulnerabilities such as relative path traversal in connector.php.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thexerteproject | xerteonlinetoolkits | 3.15.0 | — | Patch available | CNA |
- xerteonlinetoolkits Vendorthexerteproject Affected 3.15.0 Fixed in — Patch available CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41459
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-53wm-fw97-q62h
References
More thexerteproject vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-81652 Remote code execution in Xerte Online Toolkits via language pack import CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-26695 Xerte Online Toolkits Path Traversal via connector.php CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-26694 Xerte Online Toolkits Missing Authentication via connector.php CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-26696 Xerte Online Toolkits File Upload RCE via elfinder Connector CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-41459 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41459 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-53wm-fw97-q62h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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