Path traversal in Legcord theme handlers lets scripts write files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Legcord 1.1.0 through 1.3.0 contains a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) in its theme IPC handlers, where unvalidated theme ids let script escape the themes directory. An attacker who runs script in the Discord page, such as through XSS, can launch local executables, recursively delete directories and write files outside the themes directory.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Legcord 1.1.0 through 1.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in theme IPC handlers that allows script in the Discord page to escape the themes directory via unvalidated theme ids. Attackers running script in the Discord origin, such as through XSS, can abuse themes.folder, themes.uninstall, and themes.install to launch local executables, recursively delete directories, and write files outside the themes directory.
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
The sources list no fixed version for Legcord.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105293
- 2026-10-05 Alias added: GHSA-m6xw-v6hf-7jc2
- 2026-10-05 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More Legcord vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67728 Legcord config injection lets page script add Chromium proxy switches CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-105293 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105293 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m6xw-v6hf-7jc2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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