Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows content editors…
CVE-2026-126663
Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows content editors to read image files anywhere on the filesystem via the {{image::}} insert tag. Attackers can embed percent-encoded sequences like ..%2f that pass Validator::isInsecurePath() before rawurldecode(), making the frontend resize and serve readable image files outside the files directory.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 5.3 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 11 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-r7cf-mfp4-r23h
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/688c0f6213afbd000cd22ad0a44555eca80b40ab
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/0f7989eb5b28d85dcd441ef22f80f8af4f56433e
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/e820e3c9d79a5c07f274558513c8db08a79bf804
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/5.3.54
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/5.7.17
- https://github.com/contao/contao/releases/tag/6.0.6
- https://github.com/contao/contao/blob/5.3.53/core-bundle/src/InsertTag/Resolver/LegacyInsertTag.php#L565-L582
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contao-4.0.0-before-5.3.54-5.4.0-before-5.7.17-and-6.0.0-before-6.0.6-path-traversal-via-image-insert-tag
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126663
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