CVE-2026-55578
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.6, the terminal feature in Pheditor uses an incomplete character blocklist to sanitize user-supplied commands before passing them to shell_exec(). After the fix for GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57 (which added $ to the blocklist), the characters | (single pipe), ` (backtick), and the newline byte (0x0A) remain unblocked. An authenticated user with the terminal permission (enabled by default) can leverage any of these to bypass the TERMINAL_COMMANDS allowlist and execute arbitrary OS commands as the web server user. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.6.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pheditor | pheditor | >= 2.0.1, < 2.0.6 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
References
- https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4w-wr5q-6vjc
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57
- https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.6
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